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Iranian Reports Show MQ-9 Wreckage Recovery in Assaluyeh Mountains

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of a donkey carrying a large circular aircraft component down a rocky mountain slope, guided by a person whose face is obscured

Iranian reports released images said to show fragments of a U.S. MQ-9 drone recovered from mountains near Assaluyeh. A report published at 11:56 p.m. Israel time said the aircraft had been brought down on Friday and that personnel used a donkey to carry dismantled wreckage down difficult mountain paths. The reports described the wreckage as coming from an aircraft valued at $30 million. No U.S. military confirmation accompanied the reports, and the images alone do not establish when or how the aircraft came down.

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