Iranian Army Navy Says It Destroyed a US MQ-1 Drone Off the Sirik Coast With a New Air-Defence System

The Navy of the Iranian Army said on Friday 13 November 2026 (22 Aban 1405) that a US MQ-1 drone was hit and destroyed hours earlier by a new air-defence system of the navy, operating under the country's integrated joint air-defence command, in the Kuhestak area on the Sirik coast in Hormozgan province. The navy stressed it will "not hesitate for a moment" in defending Iran's territorial integrity, its maritime borders and its interests.

The announcement follows Thursday night's air strike on Sirik and the IRGC's report that it hit a US early-warning radar in Bahrain. The downing is a claim made by the Army Navy, and no reaction or confirmation from the United States appeared in the sources reviewed at the time of writing.