Iran’s Revolution Guard says a US drone strike has killed two of its advisers in Iraq, though the US said on Monday it has only struck militants in its campaign against the Islamic State group. The claim came as negotiators attempted to reach a deal on Iran’s contested nuclear program, which hard-liners in the Islamic Republic have opposed as giving away too much to the West.
The Guard said on its sepahnews.Ir website the strike happened March 23, just after the US-led coalition began airstrikes to support Iraqi forces trying to retake the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit. It identified the dead as Ali Yazdani and Hadi Jafari, saying they were buried on Sunday.