Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards claimed to have shot down an 'intruding American spy drone' after it entered Iranian airspace, according to state media
Iranian forces shot down a US military drone in international airspace Thursday over the Strait of Hormuz, a US official told CNN, a move that is likely to escalate tensions between Washington and Tehran.
The comments contradict an earlier report from Iran's state-run Press TV that said the country's elite Revolutionary Guards fired upon an"intruding American spy drone," downing it over country's southern coastal province of Hormozga inside of Iranian airspace. Press TV reported the drone was a US-made RQ-4 Global Hawk, while the US official said it was a MQ-4C Triton. Both are unmanned surveillance aircraft developed by weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
Here's why there's rising tension between the US and Iran 01:30Iran has previously been accused of targeting US drones.In the hours before the attack on the two tankers earlier this month, the Iranians spotted a US drone flying overhead and launched a surface-to-air missile at the unmanned aircraft, a US official told CNN.In 2014, the Iran's armed forces revealed what it claimed was a copy of a stealth American drone"commandeered" by Tehran in 2011.
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