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Iran claims capture of US Navy's underwater drone
Agencies
Published: 08 Sep 2026, 10:39 PM
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Tuesday said they seized an
American submarine drone in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has blockaded
in the months-long Middle East war.
“The IRGC naval forces captured one of the most modern,
unmanned, and smart submarines of the US terrorist army at the entrance to the
Strait of Hormuz in a complex intelligence and operational action at dawn today,”
the Guards said in a statement carried by state TV.
“This smart submarine is equipped with the latest technology in the subsurface field in the world, which was delivered to the US terrorist army fleet in 2025,” the statement added.
“This submarine has now been captured and images of it will
be released in the coming hours.”
Iranian media reported that the unmanned underwater
vehicle’s main capabilities included “subsurface reconnaissance and
surveillance, seabed mapping, mine detection and inspection of submarine cables
and pipelines.”
Iran has maintained a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz,
which normally carries about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural
gas exports, since the outbreak of the war in late February.
The US has imposed its own counter-blockade of Iranian
ports.
Iran says it plans to charge fees from transiting vessels to fund services including environmental protection, something the US fiercely opposes.
Source: Arab News