Iran’s top military spokesman said all the country’s drones had returned safely to base, Reuters reported the semi-official Tasnim news agency saying today, after President Donald Trump said a US Navy ship had “destroyed” one. “All drones belonging to Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz … returned safely to their bases after their mission of identification and control, and there is no report of any operational response by USS Boxer,” Abolfazl Shekarchi, a senior armed forces spokesman, was quoted as saying by Tasnim. Trump said yesterday that the drone had flown to within 1,000 yards (914 metres) of the US warship Boxer and had ignored “multiple calls to stand down” in the latest episode to stir … Continue reading Iran denies reports US downed its drone