South Korea, May 7 -- The Iranian Embassy in Seoul has "firmly" rejected allegations linking the Iranian armed forces to the incident involving damage to a South Korean vessel operated by HMM in the Strait of Hormuz.

In an official statement released on Thursday, the embassy said, "The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran firmly rejects and categorically denies any allegations regarding the involvement of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the incident involving damage to a Korean vessel in the Strait of Hormuz."

The statement came as US President DonaldTrump claimed on his Truth Social platform that Iran had fired on a South Korean cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran said it had repeatedly warned that the Stra...