Urgent: The Revolutionary Guards destroy an American drone over the island of Kish using an advanced air defense system.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has announced that its air and space forces have successfully intercepted and destroyed an American MQ-1 Predator reconnaissance aircraft and combat UAV over Kish Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
According to a statement broadcast by the Iranian Broadcasting Authority, the unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down at 2:30 p.m. local time by "a new advanced air defense system. "The Revolutionary Guards say the aircraft belonged to the "aggressive US military" and marked the 17th MQ-1 family drone intercepted by the Iranian air defense during the ongoing fighting.