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Iranian air defence destroys MQ-9 drone over Qeshm Island, report says
- Iranian air defence destroys MQ-9 drone over Qeshm Island, report says Iran’s army has said air defence force intercepted and destroyed an American MQ-9 drone over Qeshm Island, according to state broadcaster IRIB.
- The announcement followed reports from Iranian local media that two missiles had struck Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Hours earlier, IRNA reported that a US MQ-1 drone became the 16th of its kind to be brought down over Qeshm Island.
- The aircraft was engaged and destroyed by the IRGC's newly developed air defense system, it added.
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