IRAN ON SUNDAY DENIED ISRAELI CLAIMS THAT IT HAD TROOPS IN LEBANON AND THAT IT HELPED HEZBOLLAH ATTACK AN ISRAELI WARSHIP, SAYING THE GROUP COULD FEND FOR ITSELF WITHOUT OUTSIDE HELP. «THERE ARE NO (IRANIAN) GUARDS THERE. SHIPMENT OF (IRANIAN) MISSILES TO HEZBOLLAH IS ALSO NOT CORRECT,» FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN HAMID REZA ASEFI TOLD REPORTERS SUNDAY.