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[^3]\n\nIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced on August 1 that it launched retaliatory strikes against US military facilities in the Middle East in response to a US air raid. [^4]\n\nThe IRGC stated that the drone was destroyed by a state-of-the-art air defense system of the IRGC aerospace forces, integrated into Iran's unified air defense network. [^5]\n\nIranian authorities denounced that four people, including a minor, died and more than 50 were injured during a wedding celebration after a US airstrike in Kuhestak, in the Sirik county, Hormozgan province. [^6]\n\nTehran described the US attacks as blind and desperate strikes against various points on the southern coast of the country, including several civilian zones. [^7]\n\nThe IRGC stated in a statement that its brave fighters gave a resounding response to aggressors and downed the 50th advanced MQ-9 drone of the invading US Army equipped with a new air defense system. [^8]\n\nIran claimed to have shot down a US MQ-9 military drone over its territory. [^9]\n\nThe US Central Command confirmed that US forces were attacking targets linked to the IRGC. [^10]\n\nThe US cited recent Iranian attempts to attack commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz and US military personnel in the region as reasons for the attacks. [^11]\n\nThe IRGC claimed that ballistic missiles were fired at a US military base in Jordan as part of the retaliatory operation. 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