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Iran said it intercepted US MQ-1 Predator drone over Qeshm Island

Published by Middle East Eye · Middle East 26 min ago
Iran said it intercepted US MQ-1 Predator drone over Qeshm Island
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Iran said it intercepted US MQ-1 Predator drone over Qeshm Island Iran said it had intercepted and destroyed a US MQ-1 Predator drone over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. In…

Iran said it had intercepted and destroyed a US MQ-1 Predator drone over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

In a statement to state media, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said its Aerospace Force downed the drone by using a "new advanced air defence system".

The IRGC said the aircraft it downed was a failed "enemy reconnaissance mission" by the "aggressor US army".

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