Iran Brings Down US-Made Israeli MQ-9 Drone

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 16.​ Iran's air defense forces have shot down an Israeli military drone, the US-manufactured MQ-9 Reaper, the state broadcaster IRIB said, Trend reports.

"The Iranian air defense neutralized the Israeli drone near Dehloran," the report says.

Israel launched airstrikes on Iran in the early hours of June 13, killing a significant number of military personnel. Among the dead were Iran's Chief of the General Staff Mohammad Bagheri, IRGC Commander-in-Chief Hossein Salami, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters Commander Gholamali Rashid, and IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh. Nine nuclear scientists and several high-ranking officials were also reported killed.

That same evening, Iran responded with a large-scale attack, firing more than 150 ballistic missiles and over 100 drones at Tel Aviv and other locations. The strikes caused civilian casualties and extensive damage.

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