Iran's IRGC Claims Interception and Destruction of US MQ-1 Drone, Seizure of MQM-170 Spy Drone in Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported that its Aerospace Force intercepted and destroyed an MQ-1 drone east of the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC stated this was the 14th MQ-1 drone to be intercepted by its air defense system. Separately, the IRGC Navy's electronic warfare unit claimed to have seized an American MQM-170 spy and deception drone, landing it intact in the western Strait of Hormuz.