Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shoots down US MQ-9 drone over Qeshm Island
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says it downed a US MQ-9 drone with air defense fire over Qeshm Island, according to a statement carried by Fars News Agency.
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AIIran’s Revolutionary Guard announced it had shot down a US MQ-9 drone using its aerospace defense system.
According to Iran’s Fars News Agency, the Revolutionary Guard’s public relations office said in a statement: "At 2:29 a.m. local time (+3:30 GMT), the US MQ-9 drone was intercepted and destroyed by the Revolutionary Guard’s advanced aerospace defense system, which operates as part of the integrated air defense network over Qeshm Island in southern Iran."
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Earlier today, US Vice President JD Vance said Iran has been firing at commercial vessels, but its attempts often fail, stressing that the United States is not engaged in aggressive operations against Iran, but responds to sources of fire.