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Updated on: November 14, 2026 / 8:59 AM EST / CBS News

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps claims to have shot down an American MQ-1 "Predator" drone for the second straight day on Saturday.

This was the 17th MQ-1 drone shot down by Iran, according to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, though that number was not possible to verify. The U.S. certainly has lost a number of the drones, however, either to them being shot down or crashing.

The drone was shot down over Iran's Qeshm Island, which is located along the northern coast of the Strait of Hormuz. Like Friday, the strike was credited to Iran's alleged new air defense system.

The U.S. has lost dozens of unmanned aircraft during the war with Iran, according to a congressional report dated Oct. 5. Forty-five MQ-9 Reaper drones have been lost, just through mid-August, while at least three Predator drones were previously destroyed, according to the report.

There were at least 81 manned or unmanned aircraft lost during the war in Iran through early October, according to the report. As of Aug. 1, the losses amounted to a cost of between $1.9 billion and $3.3 billion.

Iran's military said on Saturday that…

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