The Iranian military has shot down 10 Israeli drones in recent hours.
The Iranian Armed Forces have shot down at least 10 Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in different parts of the country over the past few hours. This was stated on March 1 in a statement by the army of the Islamic Republic, which is quoted by Iranian state television.
"Over the past hour, 10 aircraft of the Zionist regime have been shot down in various parts of the country," the ISNA news agency quoted the text of the message in its Telegram channel.
It is noted that most of the downed drones are Israeli drones of the Hermes type. Taking into account the drones shot down on February 28, the total number of targets hit reached 22.
On February 28, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale military operation in Iran. Trump called her goal "protecting the American people."
As part of the Israeli-American Operation Lion's Roar, which used the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles, military installations in western Iran, the residence of the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as an elementary school in the city of Minab were hit.
In response, Iran launched Operation True Promise 4 and attacked American military bases in the Middle East, as well as Israeli cities. The UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman and other Persian Gulf countries were affected by the Iranian attacks.
Later, on March 1, it became known that the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed as a result of Israeli attacks. The Iranian government has declared national mourning. An interim governing council has been established in the country, and it has already begun its work. Iranian President Masoud Peseshkian has vowed to avenge Khamenei's death. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences over the death of the Iranian leader and condemned the assassination.
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