Iran says it intercepted US MQ-1 Predator drone over Qeshm Island

Iran says it intercepted US MQ-1 Predator drone over Qeshm Island Iran said it had intercepted and destroyed a US MQ-1 Predator drone over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement carried by state media, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said its Aerospace Force had downed the drone using a “new advanced air defence system”. The IRGC said it had thwarted an “enemy reconnaissance mission” by the “aggressor US army”.