Nov 14, 2026, 3:59 PM

A US-made MQ-1 drone downed over Qeshm Island: IRGC

A US-made MQ-1 drone downed over Qeshm Island: IRGC

TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has said that it has intercepted and shot down a US-made MQ-1 drone over the Qeshm Island.

The Public Relations Office of the IRGC announced on Saturday that a US military reconnaissance and combat drone from the MQ-1 family was detected over Qeshm Island and subsequently intercepted and destroyed by the IRGC Aerospace Force's advanced air-defense system.

Earlier on Friday, the Public Relations Office of the Iranian Army Navy Force announced that it intercepted and destroyed a US-made MQ-1 drone in Kouhestak area along the coast of Sirik, Hormozgan province.

 In a statement issued, the aggressor enemy’s drone was struck and destroyed after being successfully tracked and engaged by a new air defense system operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Navy, under the country’s integrated air defense command network.

MNA

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