Iran claims to have found wreckage of downed US MQ-9 drone.
On the 16th local time, reporters from the Central Station learned that Iran claimed that in the early hours of the day, a U.S. MQ-9 "Reaper" drone was shot down by a new air defense system of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps over the skies of Andimeshk, Iran.
According to reports, militia groups in the Dasht-e Abas area of Dehloran County discovered the wreckage of the drone in the mountainous region near the village of Saepon during their search. The Iranian side stated that after the drone was shot down, its wreckage scattered within the jurisdiction of Dehloran County, and was subsequently found and recovered by local personnel. (Central Station reporter Li Zhao)
Iranian forces shot down a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone over Dasht-e Abas, Iran, on October 16. The drone was targeted by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force using a new air defense system. The wreckage was later found and recovered by local militia in the Dehloran County area.
- An MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down by Iranian forces.
- The incident occurred on October 16.
- The drone wreckage was found in the Dasht-e Abas area.
- The operation was conducted by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force.
- Local militia discovered and recovered the wreckage.