Iran's deputy minister Abbas Araghchi denied on Fridayhaving lost any drone recently and hinted that the US could have downed theirown 'by mistake'.
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 by mistake! Araghchi tweeted after the United States claimed it downed an unmanned Iranian aircraft.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said an American navalvessel downed an Iranian drone that threatened the ship as it was enteringstrategic strait of Hormuz.
Trump announced that the USS Boxer, an amphibious assaultship, Took defensive action against the Iranian aircraft was threating thesafety of the ship and the ship crew.
The drone was immediately destroyed after it approachedwithin 1,000 yards 914 meters of the Boxer, Trump said.
Tehran's top diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif, told reporters on Thursday he had no information about losing a drone today, as he arrived at the United Nation headquarters in New York.
The apparent confrontation between the two foes comes after Tehran last month shot down an American surveillance drone it said was flying in its airspace, a claim denied by the United States.
