Iran Claims IRGC Shoots Down US MQ-9 Reaper off Bushehr Coast
🛡️ BUSHEHR — Iran is publishing the footage. That changes what this claim costs to ignore. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Video evidence forces CENTCOM to respond — deny, confirm, or stay silent — each option carries cost. Asaluyeh hosts South Pars gas fields; an MQ-9 there was likely doing targeting or damage assessment. Loss of ISR over Bushehr degrades future strike accuracy precisely when US is expanding its target set inland.