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US Central Command Denies Iranian Media Claims of Downed Drone

US Central Command Denies Iranian Media Claims of Downed Drone

Published on: 2026-05-29

Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –

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Washington, May 29 /Xinhua/ — The US Central Command /CENTCOM/ denied the reports by the SMI that on Thursday Iranian forces shot down an American drone.

“Not a single American aircraft was shot down. All American air assets are in place,” the CENTCOM statement on social media X says.

Iranian media reported that on Thursday evening in the Bushehr province in southern Iran, air defense systems were activated, destroying an “intruding” American drone.

The Tasnim news agency, citing a military source, reported that Iranian air defense systems shot down a drone in the sky over Bushehr province. –0–

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