BREAKING: Iran has claimed that its forces shot down an Israeli-made surveillance drone in Hormozgan province near the Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran’s Mehr news agency. Iranian officials said the wreckage of an Orbiter drone was recovered with the help of naval forces. The incident comes at a highly sensitive moment as expectations grow around a possible US-Iran memorandum of understanding linked to nuclear negotiations. While Tehran presented the drone interception as a major defensive operation, the Israel Defense Forces said it was “not familiar” with the reported incident.