--- title: "Iran claims downing another US drone near Strait of Hormuz" description: "Most outlets reported Iran’s claim that its air defences shot down a US-made drone near the Strait of Hormuz, with specific models and locations mentioned. Dunya News noted the drone as an MQ-1 and highlighted the reported total of four such incidents, while Aaj News (English) identified the drone as an MQ-9 and provided more detail on the location, citing Qeshm Island and the involvement of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/8790-iran-claims-us-mq-9-drone-shot-down-over-qeshm-island site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Iran claims downing another US drone near Strait of Hormuz world · updated 16 Sep 2026, 2:44 PM PKT · 15–16 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported Iran’s claim that its air defences shot down a US-made drone near the Strait of Hormuz, with specific models and locations mentioned. Dunya News noted the drone as an MQ-1 and highlighted the reported total of four such incidents, while Aaj News (English) identified the drone as an MQ-9 and provided more detail on the location, citing Qeshm Island and the involvement of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Aaj News (English)** — [Iran claims US MQ-9 drone shot down over Qeshm Island](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330472592/iran-claims-us-mq-9-drone-shot-down-over-qeshm-island) · 16 Sep 2026, 2:44 PM PKT > Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday that its air defence systems shot down a US MQ-9 drone over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement, the IRGC said its air defences detected the drone over the island at 2.29am local time and subsequently brought it down. The IRGC claimed the downed aircraft was the 52nd US drone of the same type to have been shot do... - **Dunya News** — [Iran claims downing another US-made MQ-1 drone](https://dunyanews.tv/en/World/973069-iran-claims-downing-another-usmade-mq1-drone) · 15 Sep 2026, 7:48 PM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing > Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claims it shot down another US-made MQ-1 drone near the Strait of Hormuz, bringing reported total to four. ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Iran claims to have shot down a US drone over the Strait of Hormuz](https://harzaviya.com/stories/9724-iran-shoots-down-another-us-drone-over-strait-of-hormuz) · 21 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 92% related - [Iran claims to have shot down a US MQ-9 drone over the Strait of Hormuz](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15414-iran-says-it-shot-down-us-drone-over-strait-of-hormuz) · 20 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 92% related - [Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim attack on US naval drone in Strait of Hormuz](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6798-iran-claims-it-hit-us-naval-drone-in-strait-of-hor) · 6 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 80% related - [Iran's Revolutionary Guards claim to have seized a US underwater drone in the Strait of Hormuz](https://harzaviya.com/stories/10956-iran-guards-say-seized-us-underwater-drone-in-hormuz) · 27 Sep 2026 · 4 outlets · 77% related - [Iran likely to reverse-engineer captured US underwater drone](https://harzaviya.com/stories/7322-iran-guards-say-seized-unmanned-us-submarine-drone-in-hormuz) · 10 Sep 2026 · 6 outlets · 2 developments · 76% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 15–16 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.