Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claims it has shot down a US drone in the country’s airspace – but a US official said the drone was downed in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz.
As Washington ordered more US troops to the region this week, the incident threatens to exacerbate already heightened tensions given US warnings of a strong response to any Iranian attacks on its interests.
The guard announced that its air force “targeted and shot down a Global Hawk, a US spy aircraft, when it violated the airspace of the Islamic Republic of Iran” early on Thursday, according to the official IRNA news agency.
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