2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone (English Wikipedia)

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aljazeera.com (Global: 268^th place; English: 215^th place)

"Iran's Revolutionary Guard shoots down US drone". Al Jazeera. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

apnews.com (Global: 129^th place; English: 89^th place)

Gambrell, Jon (June 21, 2019). "Airlines reroute flights after Iran downs US military drone". Associated Press.

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Bender, Michael C.; Lubold, Gordon (June 22, 2019). "Trump Bucked National-Security Aides on Proposed Iran Attack". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019.

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"Executive Order on Imposing Sanctions with Respect to Iran". whitehouse.gov. June 24, 2019 – via National Archives.

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"US confirms drone was shot down by Iranian missile". BBC News. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
"Strait of Hormuz: US confirms drone shot down by Iran". BBC. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
"US confirms drone was shot down by Iranian missile". BBC. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019. Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the aircraft had violated Iranian airspace, and that the incident sent a "clear message to America". But the US military insisted the drone had been over international waters at the time, and condemned what it called an "unprovoked attack" by the IRGC.

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Pomerleau, Mark; Eversden, Andrew (June 25, 2019). "What to make of US cyber activities in Iran". C4ISRNet. Retrieved May 1, 2025.

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"Iran shoots down American drone in "clear message" to U.S." CBS News. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
Watson, Kathryn (June 24, 2019). "Trump issues "hard-hitting" Iran sanctions". CBS News.

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Picheta, Rob; Wagner, Meg; Rocha, Veronica; Hayes, Mike; Hammond, Elise (June 20, 2019). "Iran shoots down US drone". CNN. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

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Gigova, Radina (December 15, 2019). "Iran says it's foiled major 'organized' attack on government servers". CNN. Retrieved July 21, 2023.

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"Trump says Iran drone shooting may have been 'mistake'". Dawn.com. Karachi. June 20, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

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"US security adviser Bolton in Israel tells Iran 'prudence' is not 'weakness'". DW News. June 23, 2019.

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Deptula, Dave (June 25, 2019). "What Is The Next U.S. Move With Iran?". Forbes. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

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"Latest sanctions on Iran will block 'billions' in assets: US". France24. June 24, 2019.

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Margolin, Josh; Santucci, John; Faulders, Katherine (June 21, 2019). "President Trump ordered military strike on Iran, but reversed at last second: Sources". ABC News. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

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"Pentagon Releases Image Showing Downed U.S. Drone's Flight Path". Haaretz. Reuters. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

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Embury-Dennis, Tom (June 25, 2019). "Russia says downed US drone was in Iranian air space, contradicting key claim by Washington". The Independent. Retrieved July 21, 2023.

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Axe, David (June 20, 2019). "Iran Knocked Out of the Sky a Very Special U.S. Drone (And Exposed a Key Weakness)". The National Interest. Retrieved June 22, 2019.

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Kube, Courtney; Helsel, Phil; Arouzi, Ali (June 20, 2019). "Iran shoots down U.S. drone in international space, U.S. officials say". NBC News. Retrieved June 20, 2019. Iranian and U.S. officials have previously delivered conflicting reports identifying the drone as an RQ-4A Global Hawk or its naval variant, the MQ-4 Triton.
"Iran shoots down U.S. drone in international space, U.S. officials say". NBC News. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
Silva, Daniella (June 21, 2019). "Trump says he doesn't want war with Iran, but there will be 'obliteration' if it comes". NBC News. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
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LaPorta, James; O'Connor, Tom (June 21, 2019). "Donald Trump Decided to Strike Iranian Missile System, Then Changed His Mind". Newsweek. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
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Steinbuch, Yaron (June 21, 2019). "Iran says it refrained from blowing up US plane carrying 35 people". New York Post.

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Shane, Scott; Sanger, David E. (December 7, 2011). "Drone Crash in Iran Reveals Secret U.S. Surveillance Effort". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
Shear, Michael; Schmitt, Eric; Crowley, Michael; Haberman, Maggie (June 20, 2019). "Trump Approves Strikes on Iran, but Then Abruptly Pulls Back". The New York Times. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
Shear, Michael D.; Cooper, Helene; Schmitt, Eric (June 21, 2019). "Trump Says He Was 'Cocked and Loaded' to Strike Iran, but Pulled Back". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
Barnes, Julian E.; Schmitt, Eric; Gibbons-Neff, Thomas (June 23, 2019). "White House Is Pressing for Additional Options, Including Cyberattacks, to Deter Iran". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

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"U.S. requests UN Security Council meeting on Iran – diplomats". Rappler. June 22, 2019.

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Bellon, Tina; Stone, Mike (June 20, 2019). Oatis, Jonathan (ed.). "Factbox: The Global Hawk drone shot down by Iran". Reuters. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
Kuzmin, Andrey; Lowe, Christian (June 25, 2019). Graff, Peter (ed.). "Putin aide: downed U.S. drone was in Iranian airspace". Reuters. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
MacLellan, Kylie (July 7, 2019). Hardcastle, Elaine; Maclean, William (eds.). "UPDATE 2-Trump administration "uniquely dysfunctional", says UK ambassador to US -newspaper". Reuters. Archived from the original on February 11, 2020.

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"Iran's Zarif tweets that downed U.S. drone took off from UAE". Reuters. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

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"IRGC Reveals More Details of Downing US Drone – Politics news". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

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Rogoway, Tyler (June 20, 2019). "Everything We Know About Iran's Claim That It Shot Down A U.S. RQ-4 Global Hawk Drone". The Drive. Retrieved June 28, 2019.

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Borger, Julian (June 21, 2019). "How a drone's flight took the US and Iran to the brink of war". The Guardian. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
Borger, Julian; McKernan, Bethan (June 22, 2019). "Trump: I'll be Iran's 'best friend' if it acquires no nuclear weapons". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved July 21, 2023.

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Law, Tara (June 21, 2019). "Iran Shot Down a $176 Million U.S. Drone. Here's What to Know About the RQ-4 Global Hawk". TIME. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

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"Top Iranian general: We could have downed a US plane with crew of 35, but didn't". Times of Israel. Retrieved July 21, 2023.

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Tyson, Ann Scott (November 8, 2005). "Iran Protests U.S. Aerial Drones". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
Nakashima, Ellen (June 22, 2019). "Trump approved cyber-strikes against Iranian computer database used to plan attacks on oil tankers". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 25, 2019.

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Picheta, Rob; Wagner, Meg; Rocha, Veronica; Hayes, Mike; Hammond, Elise (June 20, 2019). "Iran shoots down US drone". CNN. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
Shane, Scott; Sanger, David E. (December 7, 2011). "Drone Crash in Iran Reveals Secret U.S. Surveillance Effort". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
"Iran's Zarif tweets that downed U.S. drone took off from UAE". Reuters. Archived from the original on June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
Shear, Michael D.; Cooper, Helene; Schmitt, Eric (June 21, 2019). "Trump Says He Was 'Cocked and Loaded' to Strike Iran, but Pulled Back". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
"Trump says Iran drone shooting may have been 'mistake'". Dawn.com. Karachi. June 20, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
MacLellan, Kylie (July 7, 2019). Hardcastle, Elaine; Maclean, William (eds.). "UPDATE 2-Trump administration "uniquely dysfunctional", says UK ambassador to US -newspaper". Reuters. Archived from the original on February 11, 2020.
Nakashima, Ellen (June 22, 2019). "Trump approved cyber-strikes against Iranian computer database used to plan attacks on oil tankers". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 25, 2019.
Barnes, Julian E.; Schmitt, Eric; Gibbons-Neff, Thomas (June 23, 2019). "White House Is Pressing for Additional Options, Including Cyberattacks, to Deter Iran". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

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Borger, Julian; McKernan, Bethan (June 22, 2019). "Trump: I'll be Iran's 'best friend' if it acquires no nuclear weapons". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved July 21, 2023.

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Bender, Michael C.; Lubold, Gordon (June 22, 2019). "Trump Bucked National-Security Aides on Proposed Iran Attack". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019.

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@CENTCOM (June 21, 2019). "The ISR Flight path and grid plots for the RQ-4A shot down by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. "This was an unprovoked attack on a U.S. surveillance asset that had not violated Iranian airspace at any time …" – Lt Gen Joseph Guastella, @USAFCENT" (Tweet). Retrieved June 21, 2019 – via Twitter.

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