Earlier, Tehran denied Donald Trump’s statements claiming that a US ship in the Strait of Hormuz had downed an Iranian drone that allegedly flew too close to the vessel, something which Washington characterised as a “defensive action”.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released footage of the USS Boxer amphibious assault ship taken from an Iranian drone that the US earlier claimed had been downed by the military vessel. The video was published in the official rebuttal of the US statements regarding the drone’s fate and as proof that it had safely returned to its air base.
? DO NOT MISS ?#IRGC releases video showing its #drone -the #US alleges to have downed-safely returning to its base after monitoring #USSBoxer before and after the vessel sailed through the Strait of #Hormuz.
PARTS 1-2-3#Iran #IranianDrone #StraitOfHormuz #PerisanGulf pic.twitter.com/5by5nqoK3g
— Press TV (@PressTV) July 19, 2019
? DO NOT MISS ?#IRGC releases video showing its #drone -the #US alleges to have downed-safely returning to its base after monitoring #USSBoxer before and after the vessel sailed through the Strait of #Hormuz.
PART 3#Iran #IranianDrone #StraitOfHormuz #PerisanGulf pic.twitter.com/FBJlhHTsQC
— Press TV (@PressTV) July 19, 2019
Earlier, an anonymous source in the White House told Reuters that it has “solid evidence” that the US had downed an Iranian drone. US President Donald Trump stated on 18 July that the USS Boxer, which was sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, had shot down an Iranian drone that, he claimed, had approached the vessel within 1,000 yards and not responded to warnings. Iran denied the US statements and said that it hasn’t lost a drone recently.
