Iran Shot Down a US Surveillance Balloon in Erbil.
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Middle East Summary, September 6, 2026. Iran shot down a U.S. surveillance balloon in northern Iraq to clear the regional airspace of reconnaissance and early warning assets. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force shot down an American military surveillance balloon over Erbil, [...] Entry Iran. U.S. surveillance balloon down in northern Iraq was first published in Latin American Summary.
Tehran: The Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Sunday, announced the targeting of a United States Army fixed surveillance balloon of the SST in Erbil, northern Iraq, by a suicide drone of the type of witness-136. Iran's agency reported a statement to the Revolutionary Guard that the incident had taken place at the dawn of last Wednesday.
Tehran, 6 Sep (Latin Press) Iran's Revolutionary Guard today claimed that a Shahed-136 suicide drone destroyed a U.S. military hot air balloon near Erbil Airport in northern Iraq. The post Iran destroys a U.S. surveillance balloon in Iraq first appeared on News Prensa Latina.
Iran claims that a missile and drone attack on September 2, 2026 disabled a US surveillance aerostat in Erbil, but the exact extent of damage and the alleged deaths of military personnel have yet to be confirmed.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that it shot down a US military PSS-T type stationary surveillance balloon in Erbil, Iraq, using a Shahed-136 kamikaze drone.
The destruction of a US surveillance balloon in Erbil targeted one of the important layers of Washington's aerial reconnaissance network.
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