TEHRAN, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Thursday its air defense has shot down a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet near the country's southeastern border.
In a statement published on its official news outlet Sepah News, the IRGC said the American fighter jet was brought down early Wednesday by "modern" air defense systems of its Aerospace Division.
However, the U.S. Central Command soon denied Iran's claim, calling it "baseless and not true."
In another statement, the IRGC said it launched on early Thursday "heavy" Khorramshahr-4 missiles belonging to its Aerospace Division towards Tel Aviv as well as the Ben Gurion Airport and the 27th Squadron of the Israeli Air Force located inside it.
It said the launched missiles carried 1-tonne warheads, adding that it also hit 20 U.S. military targets in the West Asia region as well as the countries of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait.
Tehran has dubbed the Khorramshahr-4 "one of the largest warhead configurations developed within Iran," describing it as one of the country's advanced medium- to long-range ballistic missiles, with an estimated range of about 2,000 km. ■
