Iran’s air defense forces shot down a hostile unmanned aerial vehicle near Qeshm Island overlooking the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian Army announced on Saturday, identifying the aircraft as an American-Israeli drone operating in the vicinity of the vital waterway.
In a statement, the Iranian Army’s Public Relations Office said an Orbiter drone belonging to the “aggressor US-Zionist enemy” was detected and targeted by the military’s Air Defense Force.
The drone was brought down in the Qeshm region after being successfully tracked and engaged by an air defense system operating within the integrated network of the country’s Joint Air Defense Headquarters, the statement added.
Statement by the Iranian Army:
— Iran Screenshot (@iranscreenshot) May 30, 2026
At dawn today, a ''Orbiter'' drone belonging to the American–Israeli aggressor was detected and successfully tracked. It was then engaged and destroyed by the Army's air defense systems, operating under the integrated network of the country's Joint… https://t.co/9hSzcfm8v5 pic.twitter.com/IBw3DRD75O
Earlier, Tasnim News Agency said late Friday that the Iranian Army’s air defense units detected the “hostile American-Zionist drone” before successfully targeting and destroying it near the island.
⚡️ 🚨Tasnim Iranian Agency: Targeting a small drone belonging to the American-Israeli enemy in the vicinity of Qeshm by the army's air defense and destroying it in a successful operation https://t.co/56aG3V3gjR
— Middle East Observer (@ME_Observer_) May 29, 2026
The agency quoted military officials as saying that the unmanned craft had entered restricted airspace in a region that controls access to the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: Iranian media (edited by Al-Manar)