
The Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said in a statement that the hostile aircraft was targeted and downed as it was trying to carry out an act of aggression against Iran.
The American warplane, which was near Kuwait when it was shot crashed in the territory of the Arab country, it noted.
It comes amid the ongoing US-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The US and Israeli regime launched strikes on Iran starting Saturday morning, February 28.
In response to the US-Israeli aggression, which has led to the martyrdom of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, a number of senior military commanders and hundreds of civilians, Iran has launched Operation True Promise 4, carrying out massive missile and drone attacks on Israeli targets and US bases in the region.
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