Iran claims: we seized an American drone near the Strait of Hormuz

Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed to have seized an American MQM-170 drone west of the Strait of Hormuz and landed it intact using electronic warfare. According to their statement, the drone took off from one of the Gulf states and was intended to gather information on Iranian air defense systems. There is no American response or independent verification.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed today (Thursday) to have seized an American MQM-170 drone west of the Strait of Hormuz and landed it intact using electronic warfare. According to the naval branch's statement, the drone was intended to gather information on Iranian air defense systems and took off from the coast of one of the countries in the southern Persian Gulf, without specifying which. The model is defined in an official US Army document as a target drone for training, but the document does not verify the identity of the vehicle or its mission. The reports do not include an American response or independent verification. Tensions between Washington and Tehran have increased in recent weeks amid the deadlock in negotiations to end the war and American threats to resume strikes. Last night, the Wall Street Journal reported that US Vice President JD Vance sent a letter to senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei in an attempt to explore the possibility of resuming negotiations, but no breakthrough was achieved.