Iran's state television station on Thursday aired a video released by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) of an incident of confrontation between U.S. and Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz four days ago.(Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Iran's state television station on Thursday aired a video released by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) of an incident of confrontation between U.S. and Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz four days ago.

    The footage, which lasted for about four minutes, showed an Iranian commander in a speedboat contacting a U.S. sailor via radio, asking him to identify the U.S. vessels.

Iran's state television station on Thursday aired a video released by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) of an incident of confrontation between U.S. and Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz four days ago.(Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    "Coalition warship number 73, this is an Iranian naval patrol boat," the Iranian commander is heard to speak in English. "This is coalition warship number 73. I am operating in international waters," comes the reply.

    The Iranian video came after the U.S. Pentagon released a video-and-audio tape Tuesday, saying the footage confirmed its claim that Iranian speedboats on Sunday swarmed U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz and radioed a threat to blow them up. In the U.S. recording, a man speaking in heavily accented English threatened, "I am coming to you... You will explode after a few minutes."

    A member of the marine forces of the IRGC said on Wednesday that footage released by the U.S. Navy were file pictures and the audio had been fabricated, Iran's state-run English language Press TV channel reported.

    The Pentagon said Monday that five Iranian boats had harassed and threatened three U.S. Navy warships in international waters in the Strait of Hormuz.

    Bush administration officials immediately warned Iran to refrain from taking "provocative actions that could lead to a dangerous incident in the future."

    But Iran responded by calling the incident "something normal" and said the incident has been resolved.

U.S. dismisses Iran's claim on fabricated video

U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack,seen on May 1, 2006, flatly dismissed on Wednesday the claim by Iran that the video and audio released by the Pentagon showing Iranian boats confronting U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf were fabricated. (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- The United States flatly dismissed on Wednesday the claim by Iran that the video and audio released by the Pentagon showing Iranian boats confronting U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf were fabricated. Full story

    TEHRAN, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel has called U.S. accusations in the recent confrontation between U.S. and Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz as a "psychological and propaganda campaign," local Tehran Times daily reported on Wednesday. Full story

Iranian boats, U.S. Navy warships in standoff

    BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United States said Monday that five Iranian boats had harassed and threatened three U.S. Navy warships in international waters in the Strait of Hormuz in an incident Tehran has played down as "something normal." Full story