Iran’s army announced Sunday it shot down a U.S. attack drone in the airspace of the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, amidst Washington’s threats to launch a new offensive against the Islamic Republic.

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“A LUCAS drone belonging to the terrorist U.S. Army was hit by fire from the Army’s Air Defense Force systems (…) in the sky over Bandar Abbas and was destroyed,” the Iranian Army stated, according to the ISNA agency.

During the war initiated by the United States and Israel against Iran on February 28, the Pentagon confirmed having used the LUCAS for the first time, a kamikaze drone that, according to the US Army, is inspired by the Iranian Shahed-136.

روابط عمومی ارتش: یک فروند پهپاد لوکاس ارتش آمریکا با آتش سامانه‌های نیروی پدافند هوایی ارتش در آسمان بندرعباس مورد اصابت قرار گرفت و منهدم شدhttps://t.co/LfSAWiGXeP pic.twitter.com/IqggJxzpzY

— خبرگزاری ایسنا (@isna_farsi) October 25, 2026

Last Tuesday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard reported that it had shot down a US MQ-9 drone —the 54th since the start of the conflict— while it was flying over the Strait of Hormuz, amid an intensification of Iranian attacks on ships and oil tankers attempting to cross this maritime route through the corridor established near the coast of Oman.

These incidents occur in a context of growing tension between Iran and the United States, with no prospects of an agreement despite mediation efforts by countries like Pakistan and Qatar in recent days.

While Washington and Israel reiterate their threats to launch a new offensive, Tehran warns that the magnitude of its response will be greater than during the previous confrontation.

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