BATTLEFORWORLD.COM | June 9, 2026: An American AH-64 Apache attack helicopter that crashed off the coast of Oman, said to have been shot down by an Iranian drone, US media reported, citing two US officials familiar with the latest Pentagon assessment. - We are talking about an incident in the Strait of Hormuz, and that both crew members survived and were rescued by an unmanned drone boat.

Investigation has not yet established whether the attack by Iran was deliberate. (Battleforworld.com: Imagine, the US asking this question in the time of war. We shoot your stuff, but you can't shoot ours.) According to one of the American officials, the drone involved in the incident belongs to the type of devices that Iran usually uses to attack ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi responds to US Apache helicopter being shot down near Strait of Hormuz, saying that "foreign forces in proximity to our territory are at constant risk." "To reduce risk, best solution is for them to leave." - Iran's IRGC are carrying out attacks on the headquarters of Iranian-Kurdish opposition groups in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan.

The media outlets in Israel reported that according to an assessment, Trump will attack Iran within a few hours. - The US media is reporting that ...

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