{"id":19535,"date":"2026-08-31T09:57:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T04:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=19535"},"modified":"2026-08-31T09:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T04:57:38","slug":"iran-says-irgc-shoots-down-us-mq-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2026\/08\/31\/iran-says-irgc-shoots-down-us-mq-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Says IRGC Shoots Down US MQ-9 Reaper Drone Over Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Iran Says IRGC Shoots Down US MQ-9 Reaper Drone Over Strait of Hormuz<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>TEHRAN: Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Monday that its air defence forces shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Strait of Hormuz.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a statement issued by the <a href=\"http:\/\/@IranIRGCC\">IRGC\u2019s<\/a> public relations office, the long-range unmanned aircraft was targeted by Iranian air defence systems with missile fire early Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The IRGC said the drone was struck while operating over the strategic waterway and subsequently crashed into the waters of the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n<p>The force described its air defence personnel as \u201cever-watchful fighters\u201d and said they successfully engaged the US aircraft using modern missile systems.<\/p>\n<p>The reported downing of the MQ-9 Reaper marks a significant escalation in military tensions between Iran and the United States, particularly in and around the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, a major route for global energy shipments.<\/p>\n<p>The IRGC statement also praised what it described as the continued presence and support of the Iranian people, saying public backing remained the strongest support for the country\u2019s armed forces.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has not been quoted in the statement as confirming the reported loss of the drone. Independent confirmation of the incident was not immediately available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran Says IRGC Shoots Down US MQ-9 Reaper Drone Over Strait of Hormuz TEHRAN: Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Monday that its air defence forces shot down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Strait of Hormuz. According to a statement issued by the IRGC\u2019s public relations office, the long-range unmanned aircraft was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2299],"tags":[4048,3830],"class_list":["post-19535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-drone-us-mq-9-reaper","tag-irgc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19537,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19535\/revisions\/19537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}