{
  "id": 7488815,
  "title": "IRGC claims it downed advanced MQ-1 drone over Hormuz Strait",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/irgc-claims-it-downed-advanced-mq-1-drone-over-hormuz-strait",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T06:27:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irgc-claims-it-downed-advanced-mq-1-drone-over-hormuz-strait"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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.\n\nThe 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.\n\nThe 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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        "published": "2026-09-15T00:23:33.000Z"
      },
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/houthis-strike-saudi-targets-anew-as-talks-over-strait-of-hormuz-stall-7437928",
        "published": "2026-09-15T00:41:00.000Z"
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        "title": "Houthis strike Saudi targets anew as talks over Strait of Hormuz stall",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/houthis-strike-saudi-targets-anew-as-talks-over-strait-of-hormuz-stall",
        "published": "2026-09-15T00:46:31.000Z"
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        "title": "Japan Condemns Houthis for Attacks in Bab el-Mandeb Strait",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/japan-condemns-houthis-for-attacks-in-bab-el-mandeb-strait-7458528",
        "published": "2026-09-15T02:58:15.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Houthis strike Saudi targets anew as talks over Strait of Hormuz stall",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/houthis-strike-saudi-targets-anew-as-talks-over-strait-of-hormuz-stall-7460639",
        "published": "2026-09-15T03:15:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Iran says oil and Strait of Hormuz situation has changed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/iran-says-oil-and-strait-of-hormuz-situation-has-changed",
        "published": "2026-09-15T05:48:26.000Z"
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        "title": "Houthis strike Saudi targets anew as talks over Strait of Hormuz stall",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/houthis-strike-saudi-targets-anew-as-talks-over-strait-of-hormuz-stall",
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        "outlet": "Ghanaian Times",
        "title": "Oil prices up over 3% following new strikes on Saudi Arabia, Strait of Hormuz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/oil-prices-up-over-3-following-new-strikes-on-saudi-arabia-strait-of",
        "published": "2026-09-15T07:19:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Shipping traffic through Strait of Hormuz drops after attacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/shipping-traffic-through-strait-of-hormuz-drops-after-attacks",
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      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}