US struck Iranian drone command sites over the weekend, military says

Published June 1, 2026 Updated June 1, 2026 08:49am

The US conducted strikes on Iranian radar and command and control sites for drones in Iran’s Goruk and Qeshm Island over the weekend, the military said, Reuters reports.

The strikes were in response to “aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a US MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters,” the US Central Command said in a post on X.

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