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| Iran denies reports Trump sent warning about imminent attack in retaliation for downed US drone | Iran denies reports Trump sent warning about imminent attack in retaliation for downed US drone |
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| Iran's top national security official has denied a Reuters report claiming that Tehran had received a low-key message via Oman from the US warning of an imminent attack on the Islamic Republic. | |
| "The US didn’t send any message,” Keyvan Khosravi, spokesman for the National Security Council, told Iranian television. | |
| “This issue is not in any way correct.” | |
| The comment dismissed a previous report by Reuters, which cited unnamed Iranian officials as saying that Donald Trump had warned Tehran of a military strike and also gave a time to respond. The message was reportedly delivered via Oman and followed the downing of a US spy UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) earlier in the week. | |
| While Washington insists the incident occurred over international waters, Tehran said the drone entered its airspace and it’s ready to provide evidence. Yet, before firing a missile at the intruding object, the Iranian military sent out several warnings, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the elite Revolutionary Guard’s aerospace division, told state TV. | |
| “Unfortunately, they did not answer,” the General added. | |
| Apart from the Reuters report, other media, like New York Times, cited sources as saying that Trump had, in fact, ordered a limited military response, but then abruptly called off the mission. |