Iranian state-linked channels report that the IRGC air defense force shot down an American UAV over Khormoj in Bushehr Province. The claim is single-sourced and unverified — no US confirmation or independent evidence is yet available.
At 15:34 Jerusalem, Telegram channels affiliated with the IRGC reported that the IRGC air defense force shot down an American UAV over Khormoj in Bushehr Province. The claim adds a specific location and time to a series of reports that The Zioneer has been tracking throughout the day.
The Zioneer first reported the IRGC's initial claim at 06:33 Jerusalem, citing a report by Israeli news site ynet. By 06:33, Iran had released footage of the interception over Bushehr, and by 06:33 new imagery of the downed MQ-9 Reaper drone emerged. The visual evidence corroborated the earlier claims, though the Pentagon has not confirmed. The current claim, from a single source, has not been independently verified.
The Zioneer has reported on a series of unverified Iranian claims of downing US drones over Khuzestan Province and Tehran on Jun 10, as well as air defense activity in Bushehr on Jun 11. These claims come amid heightened US-Iran tensions, including the IRGC firing warning shots at US warships in the Gulf of Oman on Jun 5.
What remains open: The Pentagon has not confirmed the downing of any US drone. The IRGC has not issued an official statement beyond the channel reports. No independent visual evidence of the downing over Khormoj has emerged.
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