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IRGC Claims 16th US Drone Downed Over Qeshm as Strike Window Holds

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IRGC Claims 16th US Drone Downed Over Qeshm as Strike Window Holds

✈️ QESHM — Iran claims drone 16, but the US retired the MQ-1 in 2018. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: IRGC names an MQ-1 Predator — decommissioned by the US Air Force in 2018. Either Iran misidentified the airframe, it's a covert relic, or the claim is fabricated for domestic count. Qeshm has been hot since the Nov 2-3 US strikes. The "16th" framing serves Tehran's attrition narrative at exactly the moment CENTCOM's strike window is active.

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