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Iran says photos of U.S. drone debris proves it was over territorial waters

By Staff Reuters

Posted June 21, 2019 7:50 am

Updated June 21, 2019 2:56 pm

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Iranian state television on Friday showed what it said were retrieved sections of a U.S. military drone downed by Iran.

Amirali Hajizadeh, head of the Revolutionary Guards aerospace division, was seen looking at a large piece of wreckage said to belong to the Global Hawk.

Debris from what Iran’s Revolutionary Guard aerospace division describes as the U.S. drone which was shot down on Thursday is displayed in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 21, 2019. (Borna Ghasemi/ ISNA via AP)

The debris was proof that the U.S. drone had been over Iranian territorial waters when it was shot down by the Guards, said Hajizadeh on the program.

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