21.03.2026 22:51
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that an Israeli F-16 fighter jet was shot down by Iran's air defense systems, while a rapid response came from the Tel Aviv front. The Israeli army announced that a surface-to-air missile was fired at a warplane in Iranian airspace, but the attack did not cause any damage to the aircraft.
Iran claimed that an Israeli warplane was shot down by air defense systems.
REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS: WE SHOT DOWN A ZIONIST REGIME F-16
In a statement from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, it was said, "The third enemy warplane of the Zionist regime, an F-16 type, was shot down by modern air defense systems belonging to the Air Force in the interior of Iran at 03:45 in the morning. The successful detection and destruction of more than 200 aerial elements, including enemy drones, cruise missiles, refueling aircraft, and advanced fighter jets in the first 3 weeks of the war, indicates that Iran's and the region's airspace monitoring and prevention capacity has increased and that the country's air defense systems have strengthened."
ISRAEL DENIED: A MISSILE WAS FIRED AT ONE OF OUR WARPLANES, NO DAMAGE OCCURRED
The Israeli army announced that a missile was fired at a warplane in Iranian airspace. According to a written statement from the Israeli army, the missile attack did not cause any damage to the warplane. The statement noted that "the Israeli warplane completed its mission despite the missile fired by Iranian air defense systems." It was reported that there have been multiple attempts to attack Israeli warplanes since the beginning of the war.
US-ISRAEL ATTACKS ON IRAN
Israel and the US launched a military attack on Iran on February 28 while negotiations were ongoing between the Tehran and Washington administrations. Iran responded with attacks on targets it identified in several regional countries, including Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain, in addition to Israel. In the US-Israel attacks, Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as many high-ranking officials, were killed. According to Iranian officials, the death toll from the US-Israel attacks exceeded 1,348, and the number of injured surpassed 17,000.