By Jack Phillips
Contributing Writer
U.S. Central Command on Sunday released a statement disputing claims from the Iranian regime that the United States has struck Gulf nations with attack drones, stating that Tehran is behind those attacks.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, over the weekend, claimed that the United States and Israel launched attacks against Arab countries and are attributing them to Iran.
“The Iranian regime’s foreign minister claims that the United States is using one-way attack drones to attack Gulf countries and shifting the blame to Iran,” CENTCOM wrote on X.
“[Instead, Iranian military forces] have launched thousands of drones AND missiles at its neighbors, indiscriminately targeting civilian hotels, commercial airports, residential communities and economic infrastructure.
“U.S. attack drones are only targeting Iranian military capabilities to eliminate threats posed to the region.”
During an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed published Sunday, Araghchi said the U.S. military has developed a drone similar to the commonly used Iranian Shahed drone, according to a translation. He did not provide any evidence to back up the assertion.
Last week, Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement that Iran would block the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway and would also continue attacking military targets in other Gulf nations.
However, Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday said the Strait of Hormuz was open to all traffic except U.S. and Israeli...
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