Iran says Thursday it “forced” a US submarine to surface as it was crossing the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf, a claim the Americans promptly deny.
Admiral Shahram Irani, the commander of Iran’s navy, tells state TV the USS Florida nuclear submarine was “approaching and passing in complete silence” when it partly entered Iranian waters.
An Iranian submarine then forced it to “surface and cross the strait,” he says, adding that Tehran would raise the matter with “international authorities.”
In a Twitter statement, the US Navy’s Bahrain-based 5th Fleet says the claim is “absolutely false” and “represents more Iranian disinformation.”
The “US 5th Fleet continues to operate wherever international law allows,” it adds.
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