Iranian Revolutionary Guard ‘Shoots Down U.S. Drone’ in Gulf Crisis
Iranian forces on Thursday shot down a U.S. surveillance drone over the after the U.S. and allied governments accused Iran of orchestrating recent attacks on merchant ships. The shoot-down reportedly occurred as the Global Hawk-style drone was flying over or near Iran’s Hormozgan province, which abuts the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a narrow chokepoint separating the Persian Gulf from the Gulf of Oman. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, a highly autonomous religious militia that’s separate from the regular Iranian military, claimed ...
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