A handout TV grab made available by state television English service press TV reportedly showing a footage released for Iran’s surface-to-air missile system Khordad-3 launching to shoot down US surveillance drone RQ-4A by the revolutionary guard in southern Iran yesterday. – EPA pic, June 21, 2019.
IRAN’S downing of a US drone marks the latest escalation that has raised fears of all-out war – and, despite President Donald Trump’s call for talks, there are few reasons to believe tensions will ease any time soon. The adversaries confirmed that Iran shot down a US spy drone, with Washington insisting it was in international waters over the strategic Strait of Hormuz but Tehran saying that the drone violated its airspace.
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