IRGC says its air defence destroyed 68 US MQ-9 and MQ-1 drones

Single source · 2026-10-29 13:17 UTC

The IRGC says its air defence system intercepted and destroyed 68 US drones, comprising 54 MQ-9s and 14 MQ-1s. The claim is relayed by ME Observer, OSINTWarfare and Tasnim News on Telegram, all repeating the same IRGC statement, and no other source confirms or denies it.

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Verification

Single source: 1 independent source.

Sources

• ME Observer (Telegram), 2026-10-29 13:17 UTC
• ME Observer (Telegram), 2026-10-29 13:31 UTC
• ME Observer (Telegram), 2026-10-29 13:42 UTC
• Tasnim News (Telegram), 2026-10-29 13:43 UTC
• OSINTWarfare (Telegram), 2026-10-29 18:11 UTC

Changes

• 2026-10-29 13:19 UTC: Unverified
• 2026-10-29 18:20 UTC: Unverified to Single source

First reported 2026-10-29 13:17 UTC; last updated 2026-10-29 18:20 UTC.

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