Iran Attempts and Fails to Shoot Down U.S. Drone

An unarmed U.S. military Predator surveillance drone was fired at by Iranian military jets last week in international airspace over the waters of the Persian Gulf, the Pentagon disclosed on Thursday.

ABC News reported that officials stressed that the U.S. drone had never entered Iranian territory and that the entire incident occurred in international airspace.

The drone was not hit by the plane's gunfire and was able to return to its undisclosed base in the region, the report said.

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