🔶 The IRGC claimed it tracked and destroyed an MQ-1 drone in the skies over the Strait of Hormuz

the Public Relations of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement that the air defense system of the IRGC Aerospace Force, in the early hours of Thursday, October 29 (Aban 7), “tracked and destroyed” an MQ-1 drone in the eastern skies of the Strait of Hormuz, in front of Sirik.

In its notice, the IRGC claimed that the aforementioned drone was the “14th advanced MQ-1 drone that has been destroyed” and added that this operation was carried out using the “new advanced air defense system” of the IRGC Aerospace Force.

As of the time of preparing this report, U.S. officials have not commented on the IRGC’s claim.

In the latest remarks about the military capabilities of the Islamic Republic, U.S. President Donald Trump, at an election event in the state of Ohio, said that Iran “still has missiles,” adding that “the number of these missiles, however, has been greatly reduced.”

Trump also said that Iran has been facing problems in producing drones due to a lack of electricity.