No breathing space between Iran and US in the Gulf area.

Iran  down  the US drone

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) has shot down the US drone in the midst of ongoing tension between Tehran and Washington over the Gulf geopolitics power and has defined its' action as a clear message to the US.

"The  IRGC shot  the US-made Global Hawk surveillance drone in the southern province of Hormozgan as it was entering Iran's airspace at the Kouhmobarak district in the south area."  Said, General, Hossein Salami.

"A US aircraft was brought down, by the surface to surface air missile, after flying into Iranian airspace." Added,  Iranian, General, Hossein Salami.


The US officials have described the Iran-IRGC action was illegal, as the US drone was flying in an international territory at the time was shot. However, the US military declined to comment, if any of its unnamed aerial planes entered the Iranian airspace.

"No US drone was over the Iranian airspace." Said, Navy Captain Bill Urban, a Us Central Command spokesman.

The shooting of the US drone by the Iran-IRGC has put more concern over the possibility of US retaliation following the Iran action of which could lead to the full war between Iran and the US  forces in the Gulf area.