June 9th, 2026 - 04:55 GMT
ALBAWABA- U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States will respond after confirming that Iran shot down a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter operating near the Strait of Hormuz, according to remarks made Tuesday. Speaking to reporters at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York following an NBA Finals game, Trump said the crew survived the incident and that a full military assessment would be released shortly. “The pilots ...
![This combination of two recent pictures made on January 9, 2014 shows (at L) Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in Tehran in a picture released by the Iranian Presidency and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iraq/000_Par7758484.jpg?itok=NeoeWgIf "This combination of two recent pictures made on January 9, 2014 shows (at L) Iranian president Hassan Rouhani in Tehran in a picture released by the Iranian Presidency and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. [AFP]")
![Iranian Navy fires a Mehrab (Altar) missile during the Velayat-90 naval drills in the general area of Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on January 1, 2012. [Press TV]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/mbadakhsh20120714103748793.jpg?itok=z-G_toaG "Iranian Navy fires a Mehrab (Altar) missile during the Velayat-90 naval drills in the general area of Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on January 1, 2012. [Press TV]")
![US Secretary of State John Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, deputy Iranian negotiators Majid Ravanchi and Abbas Araghchi seated between them against the wall at a meeting in New York in September. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/iran_geneva.jpg?itok=rcFX6zf9 "US Secretary of State John Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, deputy Iranian negotiators Majid Ravanchi and Abbas Araghchi seated between them against the wall at a meeting in New York in September. [AFP]")
![Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Ali Akbar Salehi [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/187646800.jpg?itok=kMyVWVIw "Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Ali Akbar Salehi [Getty Images]")
