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From CNN’s Shirzad Bozorgmehr
The US drone shot down Thursday was issued a final warning 10 minutes before it was shot down, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said Friday. According to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, the Commander of the Aerospace Force of the IRGC, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, said the last warning was issued at 3:55 a.m. local time on Thursday and the drone was shot down at 4:05 a.m. .
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps showed what it said were pieces of the downed American drone. Photo: Tasnim News Agency Hajizadeh told Tasnim that some parts of the drone were recovered from Iranian territorial waters near Kooh Mubarak. He said the drone showed the aggression of the United States.
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