Iran “made a very big mistake” in shooting down a US military drone, Donald Trump, the US president has said on Thursday amid growing tension between the two countries.
Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed the attack, using a surface-to-air missile, had sent “a clear message” to the US that it was “ready for war”.
Mr Trump made the comment after quoting praise he had received on a TV news broadcast. tweeting that: “Iran made a very big mistake!”
Iran made a very big mistake!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 20, 2019
The US military, in a statement, had confirmed a Global Hawk surveillance drone had been shot down late on Wednesday.
The unmanned aircraft designed to provide intelligence about huge areas of a territory fulfills the role of the famous Lockheed U2 spy plane that Washington used to gather data on its adversaries in the 20th century.
The Wednesday’s attack came amid heightened tensions in the region, following attacks on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz which Washington and its allies have blamed on Iran.
However, Iran died being behind the attacks on the tankers.
