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President Trump: Iran 'Made A Very Big Mistake!'

Jeff Seldin

   WASHINGTON - VOA's Carla Babb, Steve Herman, Katherine Gypson, Ken
   Bredemeier contributed to this report

   President Donald Trump has fired a warning shot at Iran via social
   media, hours after U.S. defense officials confirmed Tehran shot down a
   U.S. drone over international airspace.

   "Iran made a very big mistake!" Trump said on Twitter Thursday, as
   tensions between Washington and Iran continued to escalate following
   the alleged attacks on two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz last
   week.

     Iran made a very big mistake!
     -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) [1]June 20, 2019

   Earlier Thursday, Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed to have shot down
   a U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk drone over Iranian airspace.

   "Borders are our red line," Revolutionary Guard commander Gen. Hossein
   Salami told a crowd in the western city of Sanandaj, in a televised
   address. "`Any enemy that violates the borders will be annihilated."

   But U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. military activity in the
   region, quickly refuted the Iranian claim.

   "This was an unprovoked attack on a U.S. surveillance asset in
   international airspace," CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Bill Urban said in a
   statement, arguing the drone had been operating over the Strait of
   Hormuz when it was taken down by a surface-to-air missile on Wednesday.
   

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