Iran has released what appears to be its first embassy-backed video explanation of how an aging F-5 fighter jet allegedly slipped through U.S. defenses and struck an American base during the war. In a post amplified by the Iranian Embassy in South Africa, Tehran claimed its pilots have practiced low-altitude flights over the Persian Gulf for more than 30 years, preparing for the exact kind of surprise strike that it says caught the United States off guard.

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