Iran Shoots Down ‘Unknown’ Foreign Drone—Pentagon Says All US Drones Accounted For

Iran Shoots Down ‘Unknown’ Foreign Drone—Pentagon Says All US Drones Accounted For
President Donald Trump shows an executive order regarding sanctions on Iran's supreme leader in the Oval Office of the White House on June 24, 2019. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
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Tensions in the Persian Gulf increased Friday after Tehran announced it had downed an “unknown” drone the Islamic regime claims had violated Iranian airspace. The Pentagon has stated that all U.S. drones have been accounted for.

Iranian reports said that the drone was downed in the early hours of Friday near the critical southwestern port city of Bandar-e Mahshahr on the country’s Gulf Coast. The city is located in an oil-rich region and is home to a number of Iran’s most important oil refineries and storage depots.