>The Japanese government has been requesting the United States for concrete evidence to back its assertion that Iran is to blame for the attacks
>The request came after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a statement hours after the attacks blaming Iran but without offering proof.
>The Department of Defense later released a video allegedly showing an Iranian patrol boat removing an unexploded mine attached to the side of the Japanese-operated tanker Kokuka Courageous.
>But Japanese government officials remain unconvinced, the sources said. "The U.S. explanation has not helped us go beyond speculation," said one senior government official.
>A source close to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, "These are not definite proof that it's Iran."
>"Even if it's the United States that makes the assertion, we cannot simply say we believe it," he said.
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