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By Stephen Quillen, Heba Habib and Alex Milan Durie
Published On 26 May 2026

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  • Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp says it “downed” a US Reaper drone that entered it airspace as tensions continue to rise during peace negotiations.
  • United States forces attacked missile launch sites and mine-laying vessels in southern Iran in what a US military spokesman described as “self-defence” strikes. Earlier, Iranian media reported explosions in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.

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