The Pentagon denied allegations by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that they blocked a US attempt to arrest a tanker transporting the Islamic Republic’s oil in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday.

“I’ve seen the Iranian claims, they are absolutely totally false and untrue … it’s a bogus claim,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters.

 

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