"Iran Shot Down U.S. Helicopter, Will Respond," Says Trump… "Best Solution is Withdrawal," Says Iran

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U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that he will certainly respond, stating that the U.S. military Apache helicopter that crashed in the Strait of Hormuz was shot down by Iran. Iran has not clarified whether this is true, but stated that the best way to reduce risks is for U.S. forces to withdraw.

Here is the report from Washington correspondent Kim Yong-tae.

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President Trump announced via social media that he had received a report that a state-of-the-art Apache helicopter, which was patrolling the skies over the Strait of Hormuz, was shot down by Iran.

He stated that there were two pilots on board the helicopter, but both are safe.

He further warned that the United States would certainly respond to this attack.

A day earlier, on June 9, President Trump confirmed the helicopter crash but did not disclose the cause.

[Donald Trump / U.S. President (June 9): (There are reports that a U.S. military helicopter crashed in the Strait of Hormuz. What happened? Are the U.S. troops safe?) The pilots are fine. There are no injuries.]

Iran has yet to confirm whether it shot down the helicopter.

Instead, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi argued that foreign military forces near Iranian territory are at risk of being involved in their own mistakes, accidents, or potential skirmishes, and claimed that the best solution to reduce such risks is for those forces to withdraw.

While tensions have escalated due to the helicopter crash amidst a fragile ceasefire, the situation appears to have avoided the worst-case scenario as there were no U.S. military casualties.

Amidst U.S. analysis that the number of vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz is increasing, international oil prices, including Brent crude, fell by around 3%.

However, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced that Israel attacked the southern coastal city of Tyre on June 9 (local time), resulting in 8 deaths.

(Video reporting: Park Eun-ha, Video editing: Kim Ho-jin)
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