Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed to have shot down and destroyed a US MQ-1 drone east of the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report by Iranian news agency Mehr.
The IRGC said its air defence systems detected and shot down the drone. According to the force, this was the 14th US drone it had brought down.
In a statement, the IRGC’s public relations department said the drone was destroyed using a new and advanced air defence system operated by the force’s Aerospace Force.
No US response or independent confirmation of the incident was cited in the report. Source: MNA.