Militer Inggris membantah tegas insiden itu dengan mengatakan, pasukan tersebut diserang tembakan senjata ringan selama patroli rutin di daerah sekitar konsulat Iran dan tidak meninggalkan kendaraan mereka.
The British military flatly denied any such incident, saying its soldiers had come under small arms fire during a routine patrol in the vicinity of the Iranian consulate but did not leave their vehicles.