Iran claims that Revolutionary Guard shot down US drone

cde.news desk 20 June 2019, 05:34 · 1 min read

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said Thursday it shot down a U.S. drone amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington over its collapsing nuclear deal.

“No U.S. drone was operating in Iranian airspace today, ” a U.S. Central Command spokesman said, according to NBC News.

The reported shootdown of the RQ-4 Global Hawk comes after the U.S. military previously alleged Iran fired a missile at another drone last week that responded to the attack on two oil tankers near the Gulf of Oman. The U.S. blames Iran for the attack on the ships, which Tehran denies.

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