The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. March 31, 2015 Iraq: U.S. Rejects Claim Drone Strike Killed Iranian Advisors -------------------------------------------------------------- The Pentagon has rejected claims a U.S. drone strike killed two Iranian military advisors who were aiding Iraqi attempts to retake the city of Tikrit from the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Iran said the two men were killed on March 23, two days before the United States said it began airstrikes. .