WHAT DRONE?

Iran Rejects Trump’s Claim That U.S. Destroyed One of Its Drones

Iran says it has no idea what Trump is talking about, and suggests the U.S. shot down its own drone.

Well, someone’s got this very wrong. Iran has rejected Donald Trump’s claim that a U.S. warship has downed an Iranian drone, suggesting the American military might have accidentally shot down one of its own. Trump claimed Thursday that USS Boxer took defensive action after a drone came within 1,000 yards of the warship, saying it was “completely destroyed.” But Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, said: “We have not lost any drone in the Strait of Hormuz nor anywhere else. I am worried that USS Boxer has shot down their own UAS [unmanned aerial system] by mistake!” Military spokesman Gen. Abolfazl Shekari reportedly added that “all Iranian drones that are in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz... have returned to their bases.”