Iran seizes two American sea drones in second incident in days

Iranian navy sailors throw an American sea drone overboard in the Red Sea (Iranian state television/AP)

Iran said its navy seized two American sea drones in the Red Sea before letting them go – the latest maritime incident involving the US navy’s new drone fleet in the Middle East.

Commander Timothy Hawkins, a spokesman for the Navy’s Middle East-based Fifth Fleet, acknowledged the incident on Friday to The Associated Press but declined to immediately elaborate.