Iran says no confrontation with U.S. in Gulf - reports

[sabra]

Source: reuters

TEHRAN, April 25 (Reuters) - Iran on Friday denied there had been any confrontation between its forces and a U.S. ship in the Gulf, Iranian media reported, after a U.S. official said a ship contracted by the U.S Military Sealift Command fired on an Iranian vessel.

Some media suggested that, if there had been an incident, it may have involved a private boat that could have been Iranian.

"There has been no confrontation between Iranian boats and U.S. military vessels in the Persian Gulf," the state-owned English-language satellite channel Press TV reported on its website, citing a source in Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

Other Iranian media echoed that report, including the official IRNA news agency and Iran's state-run Arabic-language channel Al-Alam.

"Even if there was a shooting ... American forces have likely shot at a non-military or fishing boat, and even then one cannot be certain that it was Iranian," Iran's Mehr News Agency reported.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L25551247.htm

[Turbineguy]

1. Oh No!

Now I've wasted all that hysteria for nothing!

I was expecting this to be the official kick-off for WWIII. Toe to toe with the Eye-ranians in nukular combat!

[Mist]

2. Sounds like the Iranians are refusing to be drawn. Good. nt

[damntexdem]

4. Fishing boats of mass destruction.

[tridim]

3. Thank gawd for the cooler heads in the Iranian media.

Just look how far we've come. You rock Bush! :grr:

[Indenturedebtor]

5. But I thought they were agents of Santa

Just chomping at the bit for any chance to hurt Murkans :eyes:

Can we impeach yet?

[yardwork]

6. Iran shows that it has more sense than the chimp. Thank God and Allah.

[smiley_glad_hands]

7. Nothing good can come of this cat and mouse BS occurring in the gulf. eom

[thewiseguy]

8. Using my farsi skills...

Iran is saying that their military ships were not fired on and in an event if they are fired on they will respond swiftly, and in the commander's words, the carrier that did the shooting will be sunk and destroyed!

[bdamomma]

9. so what the hell is going on????

Iran denied it. So our media is baiting us again.

this from BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7367675.stm

[RantinRavin]

10. Or Iran is lying

is more of a possibility.

[Pappy]

11. The Iranians are far more honest and smart than Bush

I doubt the Iranians are lying, more like our own government is.

[cliss]

12. Re: incident.

I hope the Iranians are filming. That's what they did the last time, and it became a complete embarrassment to the U.S.

(this was the recent incident in the Persian Gulf) with the little speed boats.

I see they're at it again.