An American destroyer in Mumbai.. How was an old clip used to ignite tensions with Iran? | news
Activists on social media recirculated a video clip showing a warship docked in a port, and claimed that it documents the American destroyer USS Truxtun at a port in the Indian city of Mumbai to refuel.
The clip received hundreds of thousands of views, and was accompanied by an escalatory speech calling on Iran to target Indian ships in the Strait of Hormuz, based on the claim that New Delhi is “helping Washington impose a naval blockade on Tehran.”
The circulation of these calls coincided with previous backgrounds about targeting an Iranian ship following Indian naval maneuvers, in an attempt to link the two events within a single escalatory narrative.
The verification process revealed that the claim is misleading, and that the ship shown in the video is not the American destroyer USS Truxtun.
Through visual inspection and matching of hull and equipment details, it was found that the ship was the Japanese destroyer “Yudachi 103.”
Indian media reported the original news: In 2016, the ships “Yodachi” and “Yogiri” of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) entered the port of Mumbai on a scheduled visit, and the two ships were led by Captain Takashi Inoue, commander of the 7th Escort Division of the Japanese forces.
The US Central Command had previously announced the presence of 3 US aircraft carriers in the Middle East for the first time in many years, namely the Abraham Lincoln, Gerald R. Ford, and George Bush, as part of a naval buildup that includes more than 200 aircraft and 15,000 sailors and marines, according to what was reported by US military reports.
The United States said it was continuing to impose a naval blockade on shipping linked to Iran, while Iran announced the detention of commercial ships on the grounds of crossing without permits and tampering with navigation systems.
In the Iranian-American talks, US President Donald Trump said that he was informed of the broad outlines of a possible agreement with Iran and that he would receive the exact wording of this agreement.
On the other hand, Fars Agency quoted sources as saying that Iran had delivered to Pakistan a 14-item response that included the topics that Tehran deems necessary to end the war and the red lines for it.
