My smart phone takes much sharper video than this so called "evidence".
No, it doesn't. Your smartphone doesn't have a thermal camera.
I’d like to see your smart phone get that better video while you are sitting on a vibrating helicopter outside the visual and audio range of the people you are filming.
Folks just don’t grasp the essential here. The whole point is to film the Iranians removing the mine. To do that, the helo cannot be seen or heard. IOW, it’s many miles away.
Let’s see your smart phone do that.