{"id":3005,"date":"2026-10-20T14:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T09:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3005"},"modified":"2026-10-20T14:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T09:03:43","slug":"iran-says-it-shot-down-us-drone-over-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3005","title":{"rendered":"Iran says it shot down US drone over Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday that it had intercepted and destroyed a US MQ-9 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, Iran\u2019s semi-official Fars news agency reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The IRGC said the drone was downed early Tuesday while flying over the strategic waterway, claiming it was the 54th US MQ-9 drone it had destroyed, according to the agency.<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes amid tensions between Washington and Tehran following the US-Israeli war against Iran, which began on February 28.<\/p>\n<p>Iran responded with missile and drone attacks across the region and effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, while the United States later imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides later signed a memorandum of understanding in June to allow navigation through the strait. <br \/>However, the deal hit a roadblock amid disagreements over security in the strategic waterway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday that it had intercepted and destroyed a US MQ-9 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, Iran\u2019s semi-official Fars news agency reported. The IRGC said the drone was downed early Tuesday while flying over the strategic waterway, claiming it was the 54th US MQ-9 drone it had destroyed, according to the agency. The incident comes amid tensions between Washington and Tehran following the US-Israeli war against Iran, which began on February 28. Iran responded with missile and drone attacks across the region&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}