New York Times: Irans Revolutionary Guard accused the United States on Wednesday of fabricating a video showing Iranian speedboats confronting United States Navy warships in the Persian Gulf over the weekend, according to a report carried by the semiofficial Fars news agency and state-run television.
Iran accuses U.S. of faking Persian Gulf video
New penalties set as Bush calls Iran a threat to peace
New York Times: President Bush charged Wednesday that Iran remained a threat to world peace as the Treasury Department imposed strict economic penalties on a top Iranian military commander, a Syrian-based television station and three militants in the region accused of helping the insurgency in Iraq.
Iran airs own video of US ship incident
AFP: Iranian state television on Thursday aired a video taken by Iranian forces of an incident in the Strait of Hormuz with US warships, in a bid to counter footage issued by the Pentagon.
Gulf Arabs chart delicate course between Iran and U.S.
Reuters: President George W. Bush will seek Gulf Arab leaders’ support this week to curb Iran, but may find these traditional U.S. allies more wedded to their own diplomatic drive after long frustration with his policies.
New ammunition for Bush against Tehran
AP: The Persian Gulf confrontation between U.S. and Iranian forces ended without a shot being fired. But it handed the Bush administration new ammunition in its battle to convince allies that the Tehran government is a threat even without nuclear weapons.
Iran a threat to world peace: Bush
AFP: Iran poses a threat to world peace, US President George W. Bush said on Wednesday adding that the international community must work together to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapons.
U.S. targets Iranian general in new sanctions
Reuters: Raising pressure on Tehran, the United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on a general from the country’s elite Qods force and three Iraqis living in exile in Syria and Iran for fomenting violence in Iraq.
Treasury targets Iraqi insurgents’ money
AP: The Bush administration moved Wednesday to financially clamp down on a general in Iran’s powerful military wing, a Syrian TV station and three other individuals accused of helping insurgents in Iraq.
White House warns Iran over naval incident
AFP: The White House warned Iran on Wednesday over a weekend confrontation between Iranian speedboats and US warships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Video: Iran gunboats threaten U.S. warships in Gulf
Iran Focus: London, Jan. 09 The United States Department of Defence released on Tuesday an audiotape and video footage of Iranian gunboats displaying hostile behaviour towards three U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
