Tehran: The public relations office of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announces that an American hostile cruise missile has been tracked and destroyed over Rudbar-e-Jonub, a district in the southeastern province of Kerman.

According to Islamic Republic News Agency, in a statement issued late on Monday, IRGC said that the missile was intercepted the night before by its new air-defense system operating under the country's integrated air-defense network. Also earlier on Monday, IRGC announced that an MQ-9 drone was tracked and downed over Eslamabad-e Gharb in western Iran.