IRGC shoots down intruding Israeli cruise missile

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has shot down an intruding advanced cruise missile belonging to the Zionist regime.

In a statement on Friday, the IRGC’s Public Relations Department said that its modern air defense systems, operating under the country’s integrated air defense network, had destroyed the long-range stealth missile, with a 1,000-pound warhead, in the skies over the city of Zanjan.

In a separate statement, the IRGC in Qazvin Province announced that its air defense systems had destroyed an Israeli suicide drone over the skies of East Alamut.

The criminal US-Israeli aggression on Iran began on February 28 with airstrikes that assassinated senior Iranian officials and commanders.

The Iranian armed forces have responded by launching almost daily missile and drone operations targeting locations in the Israeli-occupied territories as well as US military bases and assets across the region.

They have managed to shoot down several hostile fighter jets, missiles and drones, reflecting Iran's readiness to defend its airspace, despite the US President Donald Trump's claim of destroying Iran's air defenses.

Recently, the Iranian Army announced that more than 155 enemy drones had been destroyed by the country’s integrated air defense network.

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