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Wednesday, June 19, 2019
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Iran ‘categorically rejects’ US tanker attack allegations
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran’s defense minister has “categorically rejected” accusations that Tehran was behind two tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman, describing evidence presented by Washington as “unsubstantiated,” the official news agency IRNA reports.
Washington has blamed Iran for last week’s attacks, releasing images and a grainy video it alleges shows Iranians on a patrol boat removing an unexploded limpet mine attached to one of the tankers.
“Accusations leveled against Iran’s armed forces and the published film with regards to the incident (that) happened to the vessels … are unsubstantiated and we categorically reject these accusations,” IRNA quotes Defence Minister Brigadier-General Amir Hatami as saying.
— AFP
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