# Iran claims seizure of US underwater drone, while Washington says it malfunctioned

https://mins.news/en/item/50359

- The Guardian, 2026-09-08 20:34 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/08/iran-underwater-drone-strait-of-hormuz

> Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says its naval forces captured a US unmanned submarine at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz in a complex intelligence operation. Centcom says the older, defective drone had malfunctioned more than a day earlier, was surveilling regional waters and carried neither sensitive data nor classified sonar or radar equipment.

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