What evidence is that exactly...some grainy out of context video of a alleged Iranian patrol boat near one of the ships attacked?
How much sense does it make for the Iranians to launch an attack on commercial shipping while the Japanese Prime Minister is meeting in Tehran?
Reminds me of the time Syrian govt. forces launched a chemical weapons attack during a visit to Damascus by UN chemical weapons inspectors to certify Assad's compliance.
Makes about as much sense.
Comment by an old frogman: the ONLY people who are going to cruise up to an unexploded limpet mine and quickly remove it into a boat loaded with people, are the same people who know exactly what the mine is and how to safely disarm it. All limpet mines come with multiple “anti-removal” devices that will cause them to explode if you try to pry them off. Only Iranian EOD / Quds force frogmen would be able to do this, because they understand their own limpet mines inside and out.
Comment 2: The helo filming the events could be totally outside the visual and audio range of the Iranians, that is, they would not be aware they were being filmed.
“US says video shows Iran removing mine from stricken tanker”
https://www.apnews.com/6a48842e263541a5b3451f0d41dee01a
My smart phone takes much sharper video than this so called "evidence".