Iran denies it fired rockets close to US aircraft carrier - 'This false news is psychological warfare'

RT
Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:48 UTC

© Kristina Young / Reuters

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman

Tehran has officially denied that its Revolutionary Guards' patrol vessel launched rockets in imminent proximity to the USS Harry S. Truman and its convoy entering the Persian Gulf, calling the allegation an act of "psychological warfare."

On Tuesday, reports emerged that last Saturday the US aircraft carrier was intimidated after missiles were launched by an Iranian patrol vessel on a parallel course with the American naval convoy.

"The naval forces of the Guards have not had any exercises in the Strait of Hormuz during the past week and the period claimed by the Americans, for them to have launched missiles and rockets,"Reuters quoted Revolutionary Guards spokesman Ramezan Sharif as saying.

The alleged dangerous missile launch was reported by NBC News, which cited two unnamed US military officials as saying that the USS Harry S. Truman was about 1,400 meters away from the Iranian vessels, which launched two missiles as part of naval exercises.

"The publication of such false news under the present circumstances is akin to psychological warfare," Sharif said.

Comment: It's more of the same baseless allegations, repeated ad nauseam in the media, that led up to the Iraq war, the Libyan invasion, and the current Syrian intervention. The psychos in power will use every trick in the book to attempt to demonize and destabilize their targets.

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