Iranian media say the countries Revolutionary Guard shoots down a U.S. drone; US military declines to comment.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency says the country’s Revolutionary Guard has shot down a U.S. drone. The U.S. military declined to immediately comment.
IRNA said Thursday the drone was hit when it entered Iranian airspace near the Kouhmobarak district in southern Iran’s Hormozgan province.Capt. Bill Urban, a U.S. Central Command spokesman, declined to comment when asked if an American drone was shot down.The reported shootdown comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. It takes root in President Donald Trump’s decision a year ago to withdraw America from Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers.
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