Pentagon Denies Iran Report that Coalition Airstrikes Killed 2 Iranians

The Pentagon is denying claims by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard that U.S. airstrikes killed two of its guardsmen in the Islamic State-held Iraqi city of Tikrit last week. The Guard says on its news website, sepahnews.ir, that a U.S. strike killed two of its members on March 23 as they were supporting Iraqi forces trying to retake Tikrit. But Pentagon spokeswoman Elissa Smith tells VOA the timing makes that claim impossible. “The coalition initiated airstrikes near Tikrit on March 25,...

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