IRAN:Iran denied yesterday that there had been any confrontation between its forces and a US vessel in the Gulf, Iranian media reported, after a US official said a vessel contracted by the US 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 US military vessels in the Persian Gulf," the state-owned 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. A US defence official earlier said a ship contracted by the US Military Sealift Command fired at least one shot in the direction of an Iranian boat. -