Moscow says downed US drone was in Iranian airspace
Tuesday 25/June/2019 - 01:08 PM
The US drone shot down by Tehran last week was in
Iranian airspace, the head of Russia’s Security Council said Tuesday, despite
US claims to the contrary.
“I have information from the defense ministry of the
Russian Federation that this drone was in Iranian airspace,” Russian news
agencies quoted Nikolai Patrushev as telling reporters in Jerusalem.
Patrushev was in Jerusalem for talks with US and
Israeli officials, as tensions run high after Iran shot down the US spy drone
on June 19 and US President Donald Trump considered, then cancelled, a
retaliatory strike.
Iran insists the drone violated Iranian airspace
near the Strait of Hormuz, but the Pentagon denies it entered Iranian
territory.
