Iran says US drone kills 2 advisers in Iraq; US denies claim
Iran's Revolutionary Guard says a US drone strike killed two of its advisers near the Iraqi city of Tikrit, where a major offensive is underway against the Islamic State group, but the US said Monday its coalition conducted no airstrikes in the area during the time of the incident.
US Central Command said it didn't target the area around Tikrit from March 22 through March 24, the window when the Guard said the two men were killed. The Guard said on its sepahnews.ir website that the strike happened March 23 as the men supported Iraqi forces trying to retake the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit. It identified the dead advisers as Ali Yazdani and Hadi Jafari, saying they were buried Sunday. It did not say whether Iran contacted Iraqi or U.S. forces after the strike.
