Iran denies the Israeli claims over ship of weapons

The spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry Hameed Rida Asefi denied Iran to have any links to the ship arrested by Israel on Friday and claimed to have carrying Iranian weapons to the Palestinian Authority. Asefi stressed in a statement that Israel's false claims aim at diverting the world's public opinion from the brutal crimes committed against the Palestinian people.

He added that Israel is making use of the international circles silence towards the Israeli racists crimes conducted against the Palestinians.