IRGC claims it downed advanced MQ-1 drone over Hormuz Strait

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it downed an advanced MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz. According to the IRGC, the aircraft was targeted on Monday by the country's advanced air defence system, as reported by Middle East Eye and Ajel English. The drone was intercepted and destroyed west of the Strait of Hormuz.

The incident comes amid heightened tensions in the region. Iranian National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei stated that the situation surrounding oil and the Strait of Hormuz has changed, and urged people not to be misled by different statements from US President Donald Trump, as reported by Daily Times.

The US military confirmed that Iran targeted an oil tanker, Algaia, with a drone off the coast of Oman, but denied the Revolutionary Guard's claim that the vessel had been attacked by a naval mine, according to Ajel English.

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