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IRGC destroys MQ-9 drone in western Iran

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Islamic Republic News Agency

🖥 IRGC destroys MQ-9 drone in western Iran 📌 Tehran, IRNA – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announces that an MQ‑9 drone was destroyed in the skies over Eslamabad‑e Gharb, a city in the western province of Kermanshah. A drone of the MQ‑9 type was tracked and downed in the skies over Eslamabad‑e Gharb, the IRGC announced in a statement late on Sunday. ​ The MQ‑9 drone was shot down by the Aerospace Force’s advanced air‑defense system, operating under the country’s integrated air‑defense network. ​ Earlier, Iran’s Army Air Defense Force had successfully intercepted and destroyed an American MQ-9 aggressor drone and a US cruise missile in the western region of the country, the military announced on Sunday. 📲 ​

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