The Pentagon on Sunday accused Iran of shooting a missile at a U.S. drone on June 13 as the unmanned surveillance aircraft was flying near one of two crippled tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
The Pentagon also said Iranian-backed Houthi rebels shot down a high-flying U.S. Reaper drone in Yemen on June 6. He blamed unspecified “Iranian assistance” for the successful attack.
Lt. Col. Earl Brown, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said a U.S. intelligence assessment had concluded that “a modified Iranian SA-7 surface-to-air missile attempted to shoot down a U.S. MQ-9 [drone] over the Gulf of Oman to disrupt surveillance” of the crippled tanker. Tensions flared last week after the Trump administration blamed Iran for what it said were coordinated attacks on a pair of tankers, owned by companies in Japan and Norway, in international waters.
In the second incident, Brown said a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper was shot down over Yemen “by what we assess to be a Houthi SA-6 surface-to-air missile.”
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