WATCH: IRGC's air defense system intercepts, destroys US drones over Hormuz

Published October 29, 2026 Updated October 29, 2026 07:33pm

Images shared by Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency show moments of interception and destruction of “advanced American MQ-1 and MQ-9 drones” in the skies over the Strait of Hormuz.

The images also show the destruction of an MQ-1 at dawn in the east of Hormuz opposite the shores of Sirik, according to Fars.

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