Iran says it shot down a US MQM-170 drone over Qeshm Island

The IRGC's framing of this as the sixth downing of the same model turns a single incident into a cumulative claim, which is the more consequential signal: Tehran is presenting drone interception near Qeshm as routine and repeatable rather than exceptional. Qeshm sits at the mouth of the Gulf, so the location matters more than the airframe itself. Whether Washington corroborates the account, and whether this becomes a recurring pattern rather than an isolated claim, is the open question.