'I'm not a military man, but what I can tell you is that we do not fire missiles out of small boats,' said Iran's U.N. ambassador Majid Takht Ravanchi.
Iran has denied alleged U.S. intelligence suggesting the Islamic Republic was secretly arming commercial ships with missiles, and emphasized that neither country sought war as tensions heightened.
"As long as they cannot share those information with the general public, I think there is no utility in saying that these information are credible," he continued. Relations between longtime foes Washington and Tehran have worsened significantly since President Donald Trump took office. The Republican leader pulled the U.S. out a 2015 nuclear deal last year, accusing Iran of using sanction relief to fund militant groups and ballistic missile activity. The Trump administration has since laid out strict sanctions designed to sabotage the oil-rich Shiite Muslim revolutionary power's economy.
In addition to allegations of Iran arming dhows with weapons, Ravanchi rejected as"fake intelligence" further assertions from the U.S. that Iran was a"culprit for the problems in the region" and "creating instability in Iraq." As the Trump administration vowed to reduce Tehran's oil exports to zero, Iranian officials have continually warned that the country could send its forces to disrupt global oil shipments. A series of attacks Sunday on four commercial oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, less than 100 miles away from the Strait of Hormuz, has gone unclaimed, though U.S. officials reportedly suspected Iran.
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