Fars news agency said that the Iranian army launched a drone to warn a foreign reconnaissance plane that was trying to approach a military maneuvers area on the Gulf coast, according to the agency.
Yesterday, Saturday, the agency stated that "a P-8 manned intelligence plane belonging to forces from outside the region, which tried to reduce its flight altitude to collect more accurate information from the exercise area, was forced during the exercise to leave the area after the Air Defense Force launched ( Iranian Karrar drone.
For its part, Reuters reported that Iranian forces have repeatedly faced similar incidents with US forces in the Gulf.
The agency said that the US State Department referred questions it received about the incident to the Ministry of Defense (Pentagon), which declined to comment.
Yesterday, Friday, the Iranian army began the "Zulfiqar 1401" maneuvers to enhance combat readiness, with the participation of naval, air and land forces.
Brigadier General Ali Reza Sheikh said that these maneuvers, which come within the annual training program of the Iranian army, are taking place in the southeastern regions of the country and east of the Strait of Hormuz to the northern Indian Ocean.
And the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency (IRNA) reported on Saturday that attack drones participated in the exercises near the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz.