Tehran: The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announces that it has intercepted and destroyed an MQ-9 drone in the southwestern city of Ahvaz in Iran.

According to Islamic Republic News Agency, the IRGC, in a statement, announced that an MQ-9 drone was shot down in the skies of Ahvaz on Sunday. The MQ-9 drone was downed by a newly deployed air-defense system operated by the IRGC Aerospace Force, according to the IRGC Public Relations Office.

The spokesperson for the IRGC's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters has warned the United States that Iran would target remaining regional infrastructure if its own domestic infrastructure were attacked.