Key facts
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it downed a US MQ-1 drone.
- The drone was destroyed over the Strait of Hormuz.
- The IRGC cited its new advanced aerospace defense system for the interception.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on Monday, September 14, 2026, that its new advanced aerospace defense system intercepted and destroyed another American MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC stated in a release carried by state media that the destruction of the drone occurred in the skies over the strategic waterway. The statement also mentioned that the US has been compelled to use the MQ-1 drone again due to the destruction of a large portion of its MQ-9 drones, and that both types of drones are being extensively hunted by the IRGC's defense system.