DUBAI (Reuters) – The General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces on Wednesday downplayed the role played by a Turkish drone in finding the crash site of President Ebrahim Raisi’s helicopter, highlighting instead the performance of its own drones.
Early on Monday, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported that a Turkish Akinci drone had identified “a source of heat suspected to be wreckage of the helicopter carrying President Raisi” and shared its coordinates with Iranian authorities.
“Despite Turkey sending a drone equipped with night vision and thermal cameras, the…