{"id":103251,"date":"2026-03-06T17:35:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=103251"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:35:15","slug":"iran-shoots-down-us-drone-releases-images-after-claiming-multiple-drone-interceptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/iran-shoots-down-us-drone-releases-images-after-claiming-multiple-drone-interceptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran shoots down US drone, releases images after claiming multiple drone interceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"756\">Iran shoots down US drone and shared images of the wreckage, according to Iranian officials. The incident reportedly happened in Lorestan province. Iranian authorities said the drone was an MQ-9 model.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"758\" data-end=\"866\">Iranian media also reported that another drone, identified as Hermes, was destroyed near the capital Tehran.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"868\" data-end=\"1066\">Officials said the country\u2019s air defense system has been active in different regions. They claimed that several American and Israeli aircraft and drones were targeted during recent military actions.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1qio37t\" data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1115\">Iran claims more than 75 drones intercepted<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1117\" data-end=\"1235\">Iranian military sources stated that more than 75 drones have been shot down since recent hostilities began last week.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1237\" data-end=\"1348\">The Iranian Revolutionary Guards also claimed that an Israeli Heron drone was destroyed in the city of Isfahan.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1350\" data-end=\"1450\">Authorities warned that Iran\u2019s military response could become stronger and wider in the coming days.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"1bdkpfw\" data-start=\"1452\" data-end=\"1487\">Reports of casualties in Shiraz<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1489\" data-end=\"1627\">According to Iranian media, an attack in the city of Shiraz caused civilian casualties. The strike reportedly targeted a residential area.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1740\">Officials said at least 20 people were killed in the attack, which Iran blamed on the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1742\" data-end=\"1967\">Meanwhile, the Israeli military claimed that it destroyed six Iranian ballistic missile launchers during overnight strikes. Israeli sources also said that three advanced Iranian defense systems were damaged in recent attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran shoots down US drone and shared images of the wreckage, according to Iranian officials. The incident reportedly happened in Lorestan province. Iranian authorities said the drone was an MQ-9 model. Iranian media also reported that another drone, identified as Hermes, was destroyed near the capital Tehran. Officials said the country\u2019s air defense system has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":103252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[37279,37280,37275,37054,37276,37278,36742,37277],"class_list":["post-103251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-iran-drone-interception","tag-iran-military-news","tag-iran-shoots-down-us-drone","tag-iran-us-conflict","tag-iranian-air-defense-system","tag-israel-iran-tensions","tag-middle-east-conflict","tag-us-mq9-drone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103254,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103251\/revisions\/103254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}