Iran denies role in attacks on US navy from Yemen

AFP, TEHRAN: Iran denied reports from Washington that it played a part in failed missile attacks on US naval vessels off Yemen, saying on Thursday that the claims were “false and paranoid”.
“The vague and contradictory remarks by American officials these past days are false, paranoid and inappropriate,” foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told the official IRNA news agency.
Washington has accused Iran-backed Shiite rebels in Yemen of firing surface-to-surface missiles at the destroyer USS Mason on at least two occasions in recent weeks.
A top US general, Joseph Votel, told a Washington think tank on Wednesday that “some of the technology that we’ve seen there are things that are associated with” Iran, though he acknowledged “it’s not totally exclusive to them.”

Iran denies role in attacks on US navy from Yemen

AFP, TEHRAN: Iran denied reports from Washington that it played a part in failed missile attacks on US naval vessels off Yemen, saying on Thursday that the claims were false and paranoid. The vague and contradictory remarks by American officials these past days are false, paranoid and inappropriate, foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told the official IRNA news agency. Washington has accused Iran-backed Shiite rebels in Yemen of firing surface-to-surface missiles at the destroyer USS Mason on at least two occasions in recent weeks. A top US general, Joseph Votel, told a Washington think tank on Wednesday that some of the technology that weve seen there are things that are associated with Iran, though he acknowledged its not totally exclusive to them.