Iran Reportedly Shoots Down “Foreign Drone” Over Southern Port City Of Mahshahr

Moments ago, local Iranian news outlets confirmed the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have shot down a drone from a “foreign country.” 

• IRANIAN OFFICIAL CONFIRMS DOWNING OF A DRONE BY ARMY, SAYS IT BELONGS TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY – YOUNG JOURNALISTS CLUB
• COMMANDER OF IRAN ARMY AIR DEFENSE SABAHIFARD SAYS THE DRONE WAS SHOT DOWN “BEFORE REACHING SENSITIVE SITES” OF THE COUNTRY – IRAN FRONT PAGE

The unidentified drone was downed near the port of Bandar-e-Mahshahr on the Gulf coast, ISNA and Tasnim, reported. 

#Iran 🇮🇷: Iranian forces shot down a drone over the port of Mahshahr.
– It is not clear who the drone belonged to. pic.twitter.com/guYQLKGe7A

— Intelligence Fusion -Asia (@IF_Asia_) November 8, 2019

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Iran Front Page’s Reza Khaasteh said, “Mahshahr is home to Iran’s Petrochemical Special Economic Zone (Petzone), where a major part of the country’s petchem plants are located.” 

Mahshahr is home to Iran’s Petrochemical Special Economic Zone (Petzone), where a major part of the country’s petchem plants are located

— Reza Khaasteh (@Khaaasteh) November 8, 2019

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Tasnim reported that a domestically manufactured Mersad surface-to-air missile was defending Iranian airspace at the time of the incident. 

Lucas Tomlinson, a Fox News reporter covering all matters related to the Pentagon, said a defense official says “No reports of US drone being shot down.” 

Pentagon: “No reports of US drone being shot down,” defense official says

Iran claims it shot down a drone that violated Iranian airspace Friday morning

— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) November 8, 2019

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The governor of Iran’s southern Khuzestan province, Gholamreza Shariati, said the wreckage of the drone “has been recovered and is being investigated.”