The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement claiming its air defenses targeted a US F-16 fighter jet that violated Persian Gulf airspace, after which the aircraft fled. The report comes from a single Iranian source and has not been independently verified by other outlets or officials.
The IRGC's statement is the latest in a rapid series of claims and counter-claims amid ongoing hostilities involving US, Israeli, and Iranian forces. As The Zioneer reported at 22:41 UTC, the IRGC earlier claimed it targeted an F-16 and forced it to flee; tonight's statement mirrors that narrative. Other SAME-THREAD reports include witness accounts of missile launches from Shiraz toward the Gulf and the scrambling of an Iranian fighter jet over Tehran — none independently confirmed. Hours earlier, the IRGC claimed attacks on the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and on a US radar in Iraq. The lack of any US, CENTCOM, or third-party acknowledgment leaves the F-16 claim unverified.
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