“A few minutes ago, an enemy MQ-9 drone was intercepted and destroyed in the skies over Andimeshk by the IRGC Aerospace Force’s new air defense system,” the IRGC public relations department said in a statement early Thursday.
It comes as Iran’s Armed Forces continue their retaliatory operations against American bases and assets in region.
The United States has perpetrated numerous violations against Iranian territory since April 7, when US President Donald Trump announced a unilateral ceasefire in the latest bout of wholesale American-Israeli aggression targeting the Islamic Republic.
The violations continued even after Washington and Tehran signed a Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding last month, whose first clause clearly mandates cessation of aggression on all fronts.
The US has also been trying to help vessels evade the maritime route designated by the Islamic Republic for safe and legal passage through the Strait of Hormuz, by seeking to escort trespassing vessels through an illegal passageway.
Iran’s Armed Forces have staged uncompromising retaliation in the face of each instance of violation, including those in support of illegal vessel movement in the Strait of Hormuz.