The Iranian Air Defense Joint Headquarters announced on Sunday that it has targeted the hostile fighter jet in southern Iran.
It said an intruding F-15 fighter jet of the enemy was tracked in the airspace of Iran’s southern coasts around the Hormuz Island, adding that the Army Air Defense’s ground-to-air defense systems fired a missile at the aircraft.
The US and the Israeli regime launched a large-scale unprovoked military campaign against Iran following the assassination of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, along with several senior military commanders and civilians on February 28.
The attacks have involved extensive aerial strikes on both military and civilian locations across Iran, causing significant casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure.
In response, the Iranian Armed Forces have carried out retaliatory operations, targeting American and Israeli positions in the occupied territories and at regional bases with waves of missiles and drones.