Multiple Explosions Heard On Iran's Qeshm Island Near Hormuz, State Media Claims Three US Drones Downed
\n\nMultiple explosions were heard on Iran's Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf on Monday, with state media reporting that residents also spotted two aircraft flying over the area. The incident comes as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed to have shot down three US drones near the Strait of Hormuz.
\n\nIran's state news agency IRNA reported that five explosions occurred in quick succession on Qeshm Island. Their intensity suggested possible impacts on the island itself, although local and provincial authorities had not issued an official statement. Some residents reportedly saw two aircraft flying overhead.
\n\nSeparately, the IRGC said its forces destroyed a US MQ-9 drone east of the Strait of Hormuz. It described the aircraft as the 55th drone of its type destroyed by Iranian forces.
\n\nIn another statement carried by the Tasnim news agency, the IRGC claimed that two US MQM-170 reconnaissance drones were brought down south of Qeshm Island. It said the aircraft had been captured, taking the total number of US drones of this type seized by Iranian forces to four.
\n\nThere was no immediate confirmation from the US military…
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