TEHRAN: Iran's Armed Forces Revolutionary Guard said on Thursday that it shot down a U.S. spy plane in its air space near the Hermuz Strait. This is a recent incident that raises tensions in this maritime route of strategic importance. Meanwhile, the Pentagon, the U.S. Defense Ministry headquarters, confirmed that Iranian military forces shot down a U.S. Navy surveillance drone. It also said that it was in international airspace, not in Iran's airspace.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that Iran has made such a big mistake by making such a udasty. He will have to pay a terrible price for it. U.S. Central Command spokesman and Navy Capt. Bill Urban said in a statement that the BAMS-drone was shot down by an Iranian missile when it was in the International Air Space over the Hormuz Strait.

He said the Iranian report of the plane being in Iranian airspace is baseless. Earlier, the Revolutionary Guard said in a statement that the U.S.-made Global Hawk surveillance drone aircraft was shot down by a missile. The attack was carried out when he was above the territorial waters of Hormuzgan province. However, the Iranian military has not yet published photos of the drone.