The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (ISRC) stated on 20 June that it had shot down a US surveillance drone over the coastal Hormozgan Province, facing the Persian Gulf, for entering Iranian airspace.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has posted on Twitter a detailed map with the “path, location, and point of impact of the US military drone Iran shot down” on 20 June.
“At 00:14 US drone took off from UAE in stealth mode & violated Iranian airspace. It was targeted at 04:05 at the coordinates (25°59’43″N 57°02’25″E) near Kouh-e Mobarak. We’ve retrieved sections of the US military drone in OUR territorial waters where it was shot down”, he said.
According to Zarif, Tehran doesn’t seek war, “but will zealously defend our skies, land & waters”.