Iran shoots down US drone amid rising tensions in Strait of Hormuz
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(Worthy News) – Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have shot down a US “spy” drone in the southern province of Hormozgan, which is on the Gulf, the Guards’ news website Sepah News said on Thursday.
State news agency IRNA carried the same report, identifying the drone as an RQ-4 Global Hawk.
A US official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said a US military drone had been shot down in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz by an Iranian surface-to-air missile. [ Source: UK Telegraph (Read More…) ]
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