Pakistan, May 29 -- The United States military has rejected Iranian media reports claiming that a US aircraft was shot down near Iran's Bushehr province amid continuing tensions between Washington and Tehran. The denial came shortly after Iranian state television broadcast reports alleging that Iranian air defence systems had successfully targeted an American aircraft near the Jam governorate in southern Iran.

Iranian state television, citing Bushehr Governor Masoud Tangestani, reported early Friday that a US aircraft had been destroyed in the region following military action by Iranian forces. Additional reports from Iranian state media also claimed that an American A-10 aircraft was hit by Iranian air defences, further escalating specu...