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Iran files complaint with UN over its airspace's violation by US drone

28 June 2019 18:11 (UTC +04:00)

On 20 June, Iran said that it had downed a US surveillance drone flying over Hormozgan Province after it violated the country's airspace. US Central Command claimed, in turn, that the drone was shot down while operating over international waters in the Strait of Hormuz, APA reports citing Sputnik.

Iran has lodged a complaint to the UN in connection with its airspace's violation by a US unmanned aerial vehicle.

The move comes after the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said last week that they had brought down a US Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drone flying over the coastal Hormozgan Province because it had violated the country's airspace.

The US Central Command has, for its part, said that the UAV was hit while operating over international waters in the Strait of Hormuz.

IRGC Commander-in-Chief, Major General Hossein Salami, said that the downing of the drone was a "clear message" to Washington that Tehran would "react strongly" to any aggression.