Iran Claims US MQ-9 Reaper, MQM-170 Drones Shot Down As Explosions Rock Qeshm Island? | Watch

Five explosions rocked Iran's Qeshm Island near the Strait of Hormuz, with more blasts reported in the nearby port city of Bondar Lenja. The explosions came just hours after US President Donald Trump signaled that a deal with Tehran could be within reach. Iran's state media also reported two aircraft flying over Qeshm, but the cause of the blasts remains unknown. No official confirmation of an airstrike or US-Israeli involvement has emerged. Videos circulating on social media appear to show sirens blaring before loud explosions were heard across Kesham Island. The footage has not been independently verified. Initial reports suggested that an air defense system may have been targeted, but Iranian authorities have not confirmed that assessment. Residents have been urged to rely on official information as uncertainty surrounds the incident. The explosions come amid heightened military tensions around the strategic waterway. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has claimed that it brought down two American MQM-170 reconnaissance drones over southern Qeshm Island using electronic warfare systems. The IRGC said the latest incident took the number of such American drones captured by Iran to four. Tehran had also previously claimed to have shot down an MQ-9 drone east of the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Trump has renewed hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough, saying Tehran is keen to end the conflict. In a post on Truth Social, he claimed oil prices had fallen sharply because markets expected there would be no war with Iran. Trump added that Iran wanted a settlement as soon as possible, saying a deal could happen. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance has also expressed optimism about the possibility of a negotiated settlement. Speaking to reporters, Vance said both he and Trump felt positive about the prospects of reaching an agreement with Tehran. He added that the two sides had made some progress, although the details of any potential understanding remain unclear. Despite the diplomatic signals, concerns over renewed military action remain. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly urged Washington to consider another round of strikes against Iran after Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections. The reported push comes as the region remains on edge, with the latest explosions adding fresh uncertainty around the Strait of Hormuz. The latest developments come on the eve of the U.S. midterm elections, adding another layer of pressure to Washington's diplomatic and military calculations. While Trump is signaling that a settlement may be possible, the explosions in southern Iran remain unexplained. For now, there is no official confirmation of who or what caused the blasts. And oil today is down $10, which is the biggest drop in oil in history. Thank you very much. has gone down that much, down $10, and it's going to go down a lot further because we're winning with Iran, easily winning. Their Navy is gone. Their Air Force is gone, playing all over the runways of Iran in little pieces. The anti-aircraft, their missile capacity is way down, and their missile building capacity is way down. And they have no money, and they have The only thing they have is the highest inflation. In the last 15 years for any country, over 300% inflation, and they want to make a deal, and that could happen. The United States is truly the greatest threat to the nuclear non-proliferation regime. Making a threat against a country, even an implicit threat that a certain weapon might be used, is itself a form of encouragement to violate the non-proliferation treaty. In any case, other nuclear weapon states are carefully monitoring America's behavior. America is creating a pattern at the international level whose result is a threat to international peace and security for all countries. At the decision-making level, we remain a member of the NPT, and as long as Iran is a member of the NPT, it considers itself bound by and obligated to observe the commitments set out in that document. It is not far-fetched to assume that some in the US ruling administration have concluded, even if they do not say so, or some do, that America is sacrificing its wealth, credibility and standing for a party that thinks of nothing other than permanent war in our region. The Zionist regime has proven that it considers its own survival conditional on the continuation of war and bloodshed in the region. According to international law, as well as human reason, any party that participates in any way in the preparation, design, and execution of military aggression against a country is considered a participant in an internationally wrongful act and, as a matter of course, must pay the price and accept the consequences. Therefore, any party that accompanies the United States and the Zionist regime in any aggression must not assume it is safe from the harm of Iran's decisive response. The ball is in America's court because our demands have been expressed very clearly and transparently. Our demands are reasonable and logical. No final agreement can begin, and the Strait of Hormuz cannot be reopened or safe, unless the U.S. naval blockade ends, Iran's demands are respected and Iran's legitimate requests are implemented, then we can talk about continuing the process. We are currently in the stage of talks through intermediaries to advance Iran's demands. At this stage, everything depends on whether the other side, the American side that started this dirty game, fulfills Iran's demands and conditions. Then we must talk about the next steps. What the United States must do in the first stage is, first of all, lift all sanctions imposed against Iran under the title Economic Outcast Operation after the violation of the Islamabad Agreement, in addition to what they had accepted in that text, including the release of Iran's properties and assets. I want to emphasize that because they sometimes manipulate the facts and say Iran has set preconditions regarding diplomatic matter. There is no change in the composition of the negotiating team. The Honorable Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, expressed the matter very clearly concerning the process of managing the country's diplomacy and the fact that the Supreme National Security Council manages this task. When we say the Supreme National Security Council, we also mean the Honorable President as the head of the Supreme National Security Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a member, And other pillars of the system that have a role and position in the Supreme National Security Council. Our negotiator is Mr. Kalibaf, as the Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs also announced in his interview yesterday. The United States is truly the greatest threat to the nuclear non-proliferation regime. Making a threat against a country, even an implicit threat that a certain weapon might be used, is itself a form of encouragement to violate the non-proliferation treaty In any case, other nuclear weapon states are carefully monitoring America's behavior. America is creating a pattern at the international level whose result is a threat to international peace and security for all countries. At the decision-making level, we remain a member of the NPT, and as long as Iran is a member of the NPT, it considers itself bound by and obligated to observe the commitments set out in that document. It is not far-fetched to assume that some in the US ruling administration have concluded, even if they do not say so, or some do, that America is sacrificing its wealth, credibility and standing for a party that thinks of nothing other than permanent war in our region. If you like this video, then like, share and subscribe to Mirror Now.