Five people were killed as a result of the US shelling of two civilian cargo ships.

The United States fired on two civilian cargo ships, confusing them with boats of the Iranian Naval Forces (Navy) of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). This was reported on May 5 by the Tasnim news agency, citing a military source.

"After the false statement by the US military that they attacked six Iranian speedboats, as none of the IRGC warships were hit, an investigation was conducted into the reliability of this information from local sources, and it was established that the American aggressor forces attacked and fired on two small boats with people," the statement said. in the Telegram channel.

According to the agency, five civilians were killed.

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