An American defense official denied a report that the United States military sunk an Iranian spy ship in the Red Sea, the Washington Examiner reported Tuesday.

Saudi Arabian media outlet Al-Hadath reported that the U.S. had sunk the Iranian reconnaissance ship Zagros, which specializes in signal intelligence, in a coordinated attack with Israel’s bombing of Hamas terrorists in Gaza.

Not so, said the U.S. defense official, adding, Zagros “is pier side in Bandar Abbas” in Iran, the Examiner reported.

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