Iran says it shoots down US spy drone
China Daily | Updated: 2019-06-21 08:11
Latest incident comes at a time of growing antagonism in Persian Gulf
TEHERAN - The Revolutionary Guard Corps said it shot down a US "spy drone" which violated Iranian airspace near the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, in the latest incident to stoke tension in the strategic sea lane.
Iranian state news agency IRNA carried the same report, identifying the drone as an RQ-4 Global Hawk. "It was shot down when it entered Iran's airspace near the Kouhmobarak district in the south," the Guard website added.
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