{"id":640578,"date":"2021-08-13T11:21:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T15:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=640578"},"modified":"2021-08-13T11:21:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T15:21:37","slug":"iran-fires-on-us-drone-over-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-fires-on-us-drone-over-gulf\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Fires on US Drone Over Gulf"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-fires-on-us-drone-over-gulf%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=640578&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3811.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Iranian air defenses fired on an American drone flying near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tehran\u2019s state media <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelhayom.com\/2021\/08\/12\/iran-fires-warning-shots-at-us-drone-in-gulf\/\"><span>confirmed<\/span><\/a><span> Iranian defense systems launched warning shots at an unmanned U.S. aircraft &#8220;near the border of our country.&#8221; The drone escaped the standoff unharmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The attack occurs at a time of heightened tensions between the United States and Iran, especially surrounding the use of drones. A drone struck the Israeli-operated tanker <\/span><em><span>Mercer Street <\/span><\/em><span>in July, killing two. U.S. Central Command confirmed in early August they suspect the drone to be of Iranian origin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Verified components of the Iranian one-way attack [drone] were identical to previously identified Iranian unmanned one-way attack systems,&#8221; <\/span><span>Central Command <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/08\/06\/heres-why-centcom-thinks-iran-was-behind-a-fatal-drone-attack-on-a-ship-last-month\/\">said<\/a>. &#8220;Explosives experts were able to recover several pieces of this [drone] \u2026 which were nearly identical to previously collected examples of Iranian one-way attack [drones].&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Wednesday&#8217;s launch on a U.S. drone is not the first time Iran has threatened U.S. military equipment over the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian forces <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/u-s-expected-to-strike-back-for-irans-downing-of-drone\/\"><span>shot<\/span><\/a><span> down an American surveillance drone in June 2019, sparking an international crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>State Department spokesman Ned Price did not address the attack in Wednesday and Thursday briefings. Price will not hold a briefing on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian air defenses fired on an American drone flying near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday. 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