Published:

10 November 2021 00:32 GMT

The incident happened during the annual Iranian Zolfakar-1400 exercise, which ended on Tuesday, less than a month before upcoming nuclear talks with the West.

Iranian military intercepts US MQ-9 and RQ-4 drones attempting to enter the country’s air defense detection area, they report local media.

The incident occurred during the annual Zolfakar-1400 exercise by the Iranian armed forces in the Strait of Hormuz and which ended on Tuesday, less than a month before the next nuclear talks with the West. Infantry, armored units, mechanized army regiments, as well as units of the Iranian Navy, Air Force and Air Defense took part in the maneuvers.

US drones MQ-9 and RQ-4 changed course after approaching the Iranian border and being intercepted and warned by the Iranian military.

According blessed Assurance First Tehran’s negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani, meetings to renegotiate the nuclear deal signed in 2015 between Iran and six world powers, and which was suspended in 2018 following Washington’s unilateral departure, will next take place on 29 November in Vienna. I will start again.

Iranian officials predict the US could join an international nuclear deal only if Washington lifts economic sanctions imposed on Tehran, blames it for failing to deal with and guarantees it will not unilaterally unfold like in 2018. Will come