The U.S. military is denying an Iranian claim that it downed a U.S. aircraft near Bushehr, a coastal city in southwestern Iran.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) posted Thursday on X that it was a false claim and that all U.S. air assets were accounted for.
“No U.S. aircraft were shot down,” CENTCOM stated.
Iranian state TV said a U.S. aircraft had been destroyed and attributed it to Bushehr’s Gov. Masoud Tangestani.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps claimed May 26 that it shot down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Persian Gulf during heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran. Iranian state media also reported that Iranian forces fired at an RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drone and an F-35 fighter jet. …