India, March 2 -- After reports in Chinese official media claimed on Monday that US planes crashed and some naval vessels were damaged "after being hit by Iranian missiles", questions came up again about the origin of such advanced missiles. But China has now denied that it had finalised a deal with Tehran to sell CM-302 supersonic anti-ship missiles before the joint US-Israeli airstrikes began on the West Asian.

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If these were delivered, the missiles would be among the most advanced military hardware to be transferred to Iran by China in recent years.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning, however, said all the talk of such a deal is part of a disinformation campaign, news agency PTI report...