IRAN: U.S. Navy says Iran is not always truthful

If the Iranians doctored the photo of their supposed missile tests this week, it might not be the first time that they've altered images for propaganda value.

U.S. Navy commanders in the Persian Gulf say the Iranians have changed and recycled images to suggest they've got more speedboats, more guns and more mines ready to blockade the gulf than they actually have.

-- Tony Perry, in San Diego

Photo: An Iranian speedboat that allegedly harassed U.S. ships in the Persian Gulf in January zips along. Credit: U.S. Navy

Comments

[Stefan]

Well, every single claim about Iran is a lie. Funding terror in Iraq, and Ahmadinejad saying he wants to wipe Israel off the map. Here's the proof. Why can't anyone learn from Iraq? Why?

http://warofillusions.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/lies-damn-lies-and-the-case-for-an-iran-war/

[RichP]

The US Navy has quite a tradition of lying itself. Remember the Gulf of Tonkin? Or the USS Liberty?

[hgh]

All the tough talk is just ridiculous. Iran is not backwards, they are not helpless, and they have the ability to do seriuos damage to oilfields all over the Arabian penisula. They may not get within a mile of US Navy ships, but they can make the world miserable by damaging oil fields. It is time for serious diplomacy.

[squarf]

It is time to call Iran's bluff by sending them photoshop "treated" photos of their capitol in ruins, and their nuclear weapons factories as enormous smoldering holes in the ground. Inishallen, already!