[Iran Claims to Have Shot Down U.S. MQ-9 Drone in Hormuz] According to a report by Golden Finance, citing Iran's Mehr News Agency today (August 31), the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated that it used air defense missiles to shoot down a U.S. MQ-9 drone over the Strait of Hormuz, causing it to crash into the waters of the Persian Gulf. (CCTV International News)