Iran regional confrontation

IRGC/PressTV/IRNA/AA: IRGC Aerospace claims yet another US MQ-1 destroyed over Strait of Hormuz (unverified; no CENTCOM) — afternoon native intercept video

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Strait of Hormuz (Sep 21 IRGC MQ-1 claim; no official shootdown coords)
Actors
Iran · United States
Importance
Standard

Morning 21 Sep 2026 Iranian state and wire outlets (PressTV ~05:40Z, IRNA English X ~06:04Z, Mehr, Anadolu Agency, clashreport) report IRGC Aerospace Force claims it destroyed yet another U.S. MQ-1/Predator-class drone over the Strait of Hormuz. UPDATE afternoon: PressTV posted native amplify video (1280×720, ~13:04Z status 2102021205662273546) framed as the moment of that morning intercept; clashreport (~12:51Z) and IrnaEnglish (~13:09Z) amplified IRGC-published visuals of the SAME Monday morning claim — NOT a second successive shootdown. Still no CENTCOM confirmation. Distinct from Sep15 multi-MQ-1 bucket evt_4f7b1f31 and Artesh Orbiter evt_b9389eb2. No official shootdown coordinates — Hormuz corridor only.

Why it matters

Afternoon PressTV/clashreport/IRNA native visuals of the SAME Monday morning IRGC MQ-1 claim; still unverified / no CENTCOM; not a new shootdown.

X · @PressTVunverified

PressTV: claimed IRGC air-defense intercept of a U.S. MQ-1 over the Strait of Hormuz the morning of 21 Sep 2026 (afternoon native video of the SAME claim).

Credit PressTV via X ·

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  • Fatalities: Best 0 · Confidence: Estimated · Evidence: PressTV: IRGC claims another US MQ-1 destroyed over Strait of Hormuz, IRNA: IRGC Aerospace downs US MQ-1 over Hormuz, Mehr: Iran downs yet another US MQ-1 over Strait of Hormuz, AA: Iran says it downed US MQ-1 drone over Strait of Hormuz, clashreport: IRGC MQ-1 Hormuz claim, PressTV: Moment IRGC destroyed US MQ-1 this morning — native video 1280x720, clashreport: IRGC-published intercept video 852x480, IrnaEnglish: visuals emerged Monday IRGC Aerospace advanced ADS, IranObserver0: amplify another MQ-1 — same Monday claim language · 0 human fatalities in Iranian claim (UAV only).
  • Injuries: Best 0 · Confidence: Estimated · Evidence: PressTV: IRGC claims another US MQ-1 destroyed over Strait of Hormuz, IRNA: IRGC Aerospace downs US MQ-1 over Hormuz, Mehr: Iran downs yet another US MQ-1 over Strait of Hormuz, AA: Iran says it downed US MQ-1 drone over Strait of Hormuz, clashreport: IRGC MQ-1 Hormuz claim, PressTV: Moment IRGC destroyed US MQ-1 this morning — native video 1280x720, clashreport: IRGC-published intercept video 852x480, IrnaEnglish: visuals emerged Monday IRGC Aerospace advanced ADS, IranObserver0: amplify another MQ-1 — same Monday claim language · 0 injuries in Iranian claim (UAV shootdown claim only).

Verification: unverified

Evidence: PressTV: IRGC claims another US MQ-1 destroyed over Strait of Hormuz, IRNA: IRGC Aerospace downs US MQ-1 over Hormuz, Mehr: Iran downs yet another US MQ-1 over Strait of Hormuz, AA: Iran says it downed US MQ-1 drone over Strait of Hormuz, clashreport: IRGC MQ-1 Hormuz claim, PressTV: Moment IRGC destroyed US MQ-1 this morning — native video 1280x720, clashreport: IRGC-published intercept video 852x480, IrnaEnglish: visuals emerged Monday IRGC Aerospace advanced ADS, IranObserver0: amplify another MQ-1 — same Monday claim language

UNVERIFIED successive IRGC claim (morning PressTV/IRNA/Mehr/AA) + afternoon PressTV native MP4 1280×720 and clashreport/IRNA visuals of THAT same Monday morning MQ-1 claim. NOT a new/second shootdown. Still no CENTCOM confirmation. Distinct from Sep15 MQ-1 bucket evt_4f7b1f31, Artesh Orbiter evt_b9389eb2. No official shootdown coords — corridor only.