The Pentagon on Tuesday denied a report by shipping journal Lloyd’s List of 26 Iranian ships bypassing the U.S. naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz to export Iranian cargo to countries across the globe.
The London-based firm, which offers intelligence services to shipping companies, released a report on Monday saying the 26 ships, including at least 11 oil and gas tankers laden with Iranian cargo, “passed the blockade line since the US moved to stop traffic to and
from Iranian ports on April 13.”
Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell denied the breach in a social media post responding to Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who had sarcastically responded to the Lloyd’s List findings with a one-word post saying “awesome.”
“First of all this is false,” Parnell said. “Second, a Dem senator cheering on the number one state sponsor of terror is shameful.”
Murphy, in a follow-up tweet on Tuesday, wrote that his post was “something called ‘sarcasm.’”
