DID Press: An Iranian official has announced that another US MQ-1 drone was shot down in the Kuhestak area, along the coast of Sirik County in Hormozgan Province, southern Iran.
According to the official, the US drone was detected and tracked by Iran’s air defence systems before being targeted and destroyed.
The Kuhestak area is located along the Gulf of Oman coast, near the Strait of Hormuz, a strategically important waterway that has witnessed heightened military tensions in recent months.
Iran’s Army Navy said the drone was intercepted by a newly deployed air defence system operating within the country’s integrated air defence network. Iranian state media identified the aircraft as an MQ-1. ایرنا