❗️IRGC downs US drone over Qeshm Island as military confrontation escalates in Strait of Hormuz Air defense units belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intercepted and destroyed a US military MQ-1 drone over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Fars reported. According to an official statement issued by the IRGC, Iranian air defense networks detected the US surveillance aircraft breaching local airspace above the strategic island before targeting and destroying it. IRGC military sources noted that the interception marks the 15th US MQ-1 drone brought down by Iranian forces since late February.