An anonymous source says the unmanned attack drones threatened commercial shipping, and the takedown highlights fragile diplomacy amid rising tensions in the region.<\/p>\n
Washington, June 12 \u2013 U.S. forces shot down several Iranian unilateral attack drones heading toward the Strait of Hormuz, an anonymous source said. The incident marks a new episode of escalating tensions in the Middle East, despite statements about progress in peace talks between the United States and Iran.<\/p>\n
According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the drones posed a threat to commercial navigation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe should rally our forces and do this as quickly as possible!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Donald Trump<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump had previously warned Iran on Friday against using a larger number of drones against ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, noting that Tehran must quickly pull itself together.<\/p>\n
The events underscore the region\u2019s tensions and the difficulty of diplomatic efforts toward a peaceful settlement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An anonymous source says the unmanned attack drones threatened commercial shipping, and the takedown highlights fragile diplomacy amid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[102,3611,143,42,101,21216,8398,49954],"class_list":["post-157804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-strait-of-hormuz","tag-hormuz","tag-iranian-drones","tag-maritime-security","tag-news","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-trump-warning","tag-us-forces","tag-us-forces-iranian-drones-strait-of-hormuz-maritime-security-trump-warning"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116740250764686663","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}