US confirms drone shot down by Iran, asserts incident took place in international airspace | World News, The Indian Express

US confirms drone shot down by Iran, asserts incident took place in international airspace | World News, The Indian Express

By Express Web Desk |New Delhi |Updated: June 20, 2019 6:21:33 pm

US confirms drone shot down by Iran, asserts incident took place in international airspace

Iran said it did not seek war with any country, but is fully prepared and ready to defend its borders. The warning came hours after Iran's Revolutionary Guards claimed it shot down a US "spy" military drone.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed Thursday it shot down a RQ-4 Global Hawk which had entered its airspace. (Representational image)

The US military’s Central Command admitted Thursday that one of its drones has been shot down by Iran but maintained that the incident took place in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has, however, claimed that the American drone was flying over Iranian territory.