Iran's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Defense_Force" id="mwAVI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force">Air Defense Forces</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Iranian_shoot-down_of_American_drone" id="mwAVM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone">shoot down an American surveillance drone</a> over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz" id="mwAVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Strait of Hormuz">Strait of Hormuz</a> amid <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran–United_States_relations#2019–2020_escalation_in_tensions" id="mwAVU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iran–United States relations">rising tensions between the two countries</a>.<sup about="#mwt70" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_20#cite_note-11" id="mwAVY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVc">[11]</span></a></sup>
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