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 ...
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![President Barack Obama urged Congress Friday not to enact new sanctions on Iran in the near future. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/91308190.jpg?itok=vPcEPhAh "President Barack Obama urged Congress Friday not to enact new sanctions on Iran in the near future. [Getty Images]")
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![Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens to International Peace envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi during a joint press conference in Tehran on October 26, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/185923014.jpg?itok=iLTgtY3k "Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif listens to International Peace envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi during a joint press conference in Tehran on October 26, 2013. [AFP]")
![Iran's Atomic Energy Organization president Ali Akbar Salehi and Vice-President of Iran, delivers a speech during the 57th General Conference at the UN atomic agency headquarters in Vienna on September 16, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/180768997.jpg?itok=GwlMnU_R "Iran's Atomic Energy Organization president Ali Akbar Salehi and Vice-President of Iran, delivers a speech during the 57th General Conference at the UN atomic agency headquarters in Vienna on September 16, 2013. [Getty Images]")
![Arab League-United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi addresses a news conference after a meeting on Syria at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva Dec. 20, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/brahimi_geneva.jpg?itok=tlhTMSTx "Arab League-United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi addresses a news conference after a meeting on Syria at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva Dec. 20, 2013. [AFP]")
![White House Press Secretary Jay Carney warned that if the new legislation to impose fresh sanctions on Tehran is enacted, “the president would veto it.” [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/183956556.jpg?itok=_THo009n "White House Press Secretary Jay Carney warned that if the new legislation to impose fresh sanctions on Tehran is enacted, “the president would veto it.” [Getty Images]")
