Amidst the tension with Iran, US President Donald Trump claimed to have killed an Iranian drone who had entered the US airspace.
Washington, IANS / AFP The ongoing tension between Iran and the United States has been growing once again. US President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed to have killed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz by the American warship.
According to News Agency Xinhua, Trump, speaking in the White House, said that USS Boxer, a US Navy ship has killed an Iranian drone, threatening American warship by flying within 1000 yards of the distance.
President Trump said that the drone was a threat to the safety of the ship and the crew of the ship. In this case, killing this Iranian drone is being called ‘defensive action’.
On one hand, while the US president made claims, on the other hand, the Foreign Minister of Iran Jarif has denied such an event. Iran’s top diplomat has said that he has ‘no information’ about the loss of Iran’s drone.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that we do not have any information about losing the drone.
Earlier, Pentagon Chief Spokeswoman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement that USS Boxer drowned the drone at around 10 in the morning during the planned inbound transit of the Straight of Horomuj.
The statement said that ‘a fixed-wing unmanned aerial system (drone) approached the USS Boxer and closed in a dangerous range. The ship took defensive action against the drone to ensure the safety of the ship and its crew. ‘
US drone war in Iran!
There is already a lot of tension in the US and Iran, a few days earlier Iran had killed a powerful drone. Both countries have made their own claims, but the US has admitted that Iran has dropped a powerful spy drone of its $ 18 million dollars. Shortly after this,
Iran announced that it was fully prepared for the war. Tell me that the growing tension in the Gulf region is a matter of concern for the whole world because this news came at a time when recently a report was feared that nuclear war could happen due to a tension between the US and Iran.
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