iran over the persian gulf. a u.s. official says marines used this new anti-drone jamming device yesterday to disable and destroy an iranian drone. the pentagon says the drone closed within what officials describe as a threatening range of the u.s.s. boxer while the ship was in international waters in the strait of hormuz a month after iran shot down an american drone over the same waterway. president trump: this is the latest of many hostile actions by iran against vessels operating in international waters. the united states reserves the right to defend our personnel, our facilities and interests and calls upon all nations to condemn iran s attempts to disrupt freedom of navigation and global commerce. iran has acknowledged it seized a small tanker that officials claim was smuggling fuel. the state department demanded
story saying an iranian drone was spotted 1000 yards from the uss boxer warship in the strait of hormuz, the drone ignored calls to stand down and that is when marines took it down using a new picture coming in, specialized electronic jamming equipment to take the drone down. a pentagon spokesperson says the ship took defensive action to ensure the safety of the ship and crew. the president is calling on the rest of the world to help protect the gulf. this is the latest of many provocative and hostile actions by iran against vessels operating in international waters. this is refueling tensions after iran shot down a us drone on june 20th claiming it crossed its territory line. the country sunday captured a
be a second ship involved and we re trying to pull the threads on all of this. other news involving iran the president claiming american forces downed a drone. iran says it didn t happen. they say they have video proof. what do we know and what s the disconnect here? there s frequently a disconnect between the united states and iran on what happened in this kind of an incident. what we know from the united states side from the u.s. military specifically is they say the u.s.s. boxer was going into the gulf yesterday when this unmanned drone made threatening moves and coming within 1,000 yards of the u.s. warship. the military has the right of self-defense at all times. they claim they engaged this drone. in this case they used the newer weapon or technology they have to jam it and bring it down as opposed to what the military calls more of a kinetic response where they would fire an
the president says the uss boxer downed the drone after it came within a thousand yards of the warship and refused repeated calls to turn around. this morning iranian officials say all of their drones are accounted for going as far to suggest the u.s. military might have shot down one of its own drones. the latest incidents comes as the new york times reports iran s foreign minister says he would be willing to meet with u.s. lawmakers to talk about ways to end the impasse. obviously this is going to get a lot of attention there. reporter: no question, poppy at the security forum annual event where reporters like myself get to meet face-to-face with administration officials, military leaders and iran definitely top of conversation here. i m joined by david sanger, a national security correspond for the new york times and author of the piece describing the iranian foreign minister s outreach. the iranians claiming it was not
threatening range causing the navy to take defensive action. the boxer was traveling in international waters at the time of the event. the incident comes as iran said yesterday it seized a foreign oil tanker. as for iranian reaction the head of the revolutionary guard said the come nander did not mention the downing of any drone in his remarks. today they re denying any knowledge of the encounter at all with the u.s.s. boxer. the issue of the drone is still under investigation. based on the latest information i have received from tehran we have so far no information about losing a drone. the denial from iran s foreign minister takes pressure off iranians to respond directly to this incident amid heightened tensions in the middle east. bill: thank you from jerusalem. heather: president trump saying he disagrees with the send her back chant from the