Iranian officials and its military announced that all the country’s drones have returned safely to base, denying US President Donald Trump’s announcement late on Thursday about the demolish of an Iranian drone by USS Boxer warship in the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported.
“All drones belonging to Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz…returned safely to their bases after their mission of identification and control, and there is no report of any operational response by USS Boxer,” An Iranian senior armed spokesman, Abdolfazl Shekarchi, was quoted by the agency.
US President said on Thursday that an Iranian drone was shot down by American warship, USS Boxer, in the Strait of Hormuz after it had flown to within 1,000 yards (914 meter) and ignored “multiple calls to stand down.”
When asked by reporters, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif, who is currently in New York for UN annual meetings, claimed that they “have no information about losing a drone.”
