Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that they had used a surface to air missile to shoot down what they called a US “spy” drone they claimed was flying in the country’s airspace. The US military accused Iran last week of firing a missile at another drone that responded to the oil tanker attacks near the Gulf of Oman. The US military released footage it said showed the Iranian military removing an unexploded mine from the side of one of the tankers. Shamkhani emphasised that Iran robustly protects its aerial and maritime borders, describing its airspace as the country’s “red line”. Iran says it is gradually suspending its adherence to the deal in response to the economic stranglehold being imposed on the country by US sanctions.

Source: The Guardian June 20, 2019 04:04 UTC