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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
US spy drone retreats near Tehran’s airspace — Iranian media
A US spy drone retreated from near Iranian airspace after encountering Iranian F-14 fighter jets and reconnaissance drones, Iran’s Nournews quotes the country’s Army Air Force as saying.
Iran’s armed forces remain on high alert, prepared for “full-scale defense and a severe counterattack” against enemy interests in the Middle East, Nournews says.
Tensions have mounted between Tehran and Washington as US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would hold Iran responsible for any attacks carried out by the Houthi group that it backs in Yemen, as his administration expanded the biggest U.S. military operation in the Middle East since Trump returned to the White House.
