IRGC downs drone near Hormuz
Shafaq News- Tehran
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday it had shot down an MQ-1 drone in the airspace east of the Strait of Hormuz, the 14th such aircraft it says it has destroyed.
The drone was brought down by a new, advanced IRGC air defense system opposite the coastal town of Sirik, in southern Iran's Hormozgan province, about an hour before the announcement, the force's public relations office said in a statement.
The incident comes amid renewed diplomatic efforts to end the war. US Vice President JD Vance sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, seeking to revive peace talks, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Qatari mediators have also presented Tehran with a new draft deal, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters, though a senior Iranian official dismissed it as unacceptable.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they downed drone near Hormuz
The incident comes amid renewed efforts to end the war between Iran and the United States and Israel. US Vice President JD Vance has sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, seeking to revive peace negotiations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing US officials and people familiar with the matter.
Qatari mediators have also presented Tehran with a new draft deal, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters, but a senior Iranian official dismissed it as unacceptable ideas that did not amount to an offer.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that Tehran was still giving diplomacy a chance to succeed, adding that Iran's seven-day plan could be completed in less than a week if adopted.
