Iran knocks u.s. drone in the Persian Gulf; Trump calls a ' big mistake ', but then eases

Iranians claim that drone flying over Iranian territory and Americans, who was international territory; oil price rises on average 5%

Tehran and WASHINGTON — In a new escalation of tensions between United States and Iran , Tehran announced on Thursday that brought down a u.s. drone that have invaded your territory. Washington alleges that the equipment was in international airspace, and the Iranian Government responded by taking the case to the UN. The episode comes days after the United States blamed the Persian country for attacks on two ships in the Strait of Hormuz , through which about 20 percent of all the oil sold in the world.

Reacting to the incident, the American President Donald Trump tweeted that "Iran has made a very big mistake". Soon after, in an interview, he treated the gone a way cooler, suggesting that the overthrow of drone may have been a human error:

— I would have thought it was a general or someone who made a mistake when he shot down the drone. It could have been someone stupid or they acted on their own.

Asked if he plans to respond to Tehran, the occupant of the White House said:

— You will know soon. We will not pass.The increased risk of a military confrontation in the Persian Gulf made the price of oil, which had been falling since January, back up. The price of Brent, parameter type barrel, international was released from 4.66%, to $ $64.69, while the rate used in the United States rose 6.3 percent, to $ $57.13 a barrel.

According to the Iranian authorities, the American spy drone was flying over the territory of the country without permission and was dropped in the region of the province of Hormozgan, on the southern coast of Iran. The Commander in Chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said that the attack is a message to the White House:

— The overthrow of the American drone was a clear message to the United States. Our borders are the last line and we will react strongly against any aggression. — Hossein Salami said. — Iran is not looking for a war, but we are prepared to defend ourselves.

The Iran claims that the drone invaded your airspace near Kuhmobarak, in the province of Hormozgan. The U.S. says that the aircraft was in international air space.

The U.S. military denied it had violated the Iranian airspace, claiming that the drone was in international waters, 34 kilometers from the coast of Iran. The exact position of the drone, identified by both countries as a RQ-4 Global Hawk, is important because it would determine which State is the aggressor.

— No American aircraft were operating in Iranian airspace on Thursday, "said Bill Urban, spokesman for the U.S. Central command, based in Qatar. — This is an unprovoked attack on a American surveillance equipment in international airspace.

In your Twitter account, Iranian Chancellor Javar Zarif, announced that the country would take the case to the United Nations, which was made soon after in a letter addressed to the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres. In the letter, Iran states that, despite successive "warnings", the American drone invaded your airspace, and asks the international community to stop the "illegal and destabilizing activities" of the United States in the Persian Gulf,

According to Zarif, the drone was released from the American base in the United Arab Emirates in "invisible" mode the radar. Zarif said that wreckage of the device were collected in Iranian territorial waters.