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July 19, 2019

Iran Denies Trump's Claim the U.S. Shot Down Iranian Drone
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Iran is denying President Trump's claim that the U.S. military shot down
an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz. The competing claims came as
the Trump administration demanded Iran immediately release an oil tanker
seized in the Gulf by Iran's Revolutionary Guard. Iranian state media
said the foreign ship was carrying a million liters of oil being
illegally smuggled out of Iran.