O telegrama Wikileaks din 2006 noteaza ca Sorin Ovidiu Vintu ar fi incercat, prin intermediul postului Realitatea TV, sa sugereze opiniei publice ca un conflict comercial in care fusese implicata o companie a sa ar fi avut semnificatia unei agresiuni a Iranului impotriva Romaniei.
Mai precis, in telegrama Wikileaks publicata de Kamikaze este vorba despre un conflict comercial in apele iraniene in care au fost implicate doua nave detinute de compania romaneasca (GSP - Grup Servicii Petroliere), detinuta de Sorin Ovidiu Vintu.
In ciuda confuziei initiale, ambele guverne, roman si iranian, au incercat sa detensioneze situatia si sa reafirme natura comerciala a conflictului. In timp ce majoritatea surselor de stiri au reflectat corect natura disputei, postul Realitatea TV, detinut de asemenea de Sorin Ovidiu Vintu, a acordat un spatiu generos acestui subiect si pozitiei exprimate de compania GSP, conform careia incidentul ar fi fost un act de agresiune la adresa Romaniei.
Pasaj original: (C) COMMENT: Despite some initial confusion when the story broke, both governments acted quickly to try to dampen inflammatory accounts of the incident and to stress its commercial nature. While most news coverage reflected the commercial nature of the dispute, Romania's version of CNN, Realitatea TV, devoted extensive coverage to the story and to GSP's position that the events were an aggressive act against Romania. Both Realitatea TV and GSP are owned by controversial business figure Sorin Ovidiu Vantu. Vantu, reportedly one of Romania's wealthiest businessmen, is under indictment for fraud related to the failure of a mutual fund and two commercial banks in the late '90s. END COMMENT.).