Earlier this week, Israel seized a Gaza-bound ship carrying advanced Iranian weapons made in Syria.
The story broke while Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu was in the United States to meet with President Barack Obama and to address the annual AIPAC conference.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif took to Twitter to deny the story:
An Iranian ship carrying arms for Gaza. Captured just in time for annual AIPAC anti Iran campaign. Amazing Coincidence! Or same failed lies.
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) March 6, 2014
Netanyahu responded, through his Twitter account:
RETWEET THIS and show the world that the foreign minister of Iran is the real liar here! pic.twitter.com/d8KVF8nTAi
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) March 6, 2014
As of time of this writing, Zarif has yet to respond to Bibi. But one must wonder if there will be parties in Iran upset with Zarif for having started a conversation with Netanyahu in the first place, inadvertently or otherwise.
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