 The shooting down occurred during the 20192021 Persian Gulf crisis, five days after the United States Government authorized a drone strike that killed IRGC Major General Qasem Soleimani in retaliation for the 201920 attack on the United States embassy in Baghdad by Kataib Hezbollah, and hours after Iran launched missiles. The shooting down occurred during the 20192021 Persian Gulf crisis, five days after the United States Government authorized a drone strike that killed IRGC Major General Qasem Soleimani in retaliation for the 201920 attack on the United States embassy in Baghdad by Kataib Hezbollah, and hours after Iran launched missiles.pazvivako zveU.S. muIraq. 