TEHRAN, June 23. /TASS/. Iran's air defenses have shot down at least 130 Israeli advanced drones since June 13, as follows from a statement by the Air Defense Forces Command.

"Since the beginning of the aggression of the Zionist regime (Israel - TASS) until 7 a.m. today, the defenders of the Iranian skies confronted more than 130 drones, both reconnaissance and attack types Hermes, Heron and Harop, and managed to destroy and shoot them down in different parts of the country," the Fars news agency quotes a fragment of the statement. It is noted that these types of UAVs are considered among the most advanced in the Israeli Armed Forces.

The escalation began on June 13, when Israel launched a military operation against Iran. Less than a day later, Tehran responded with retaliatory strikes. The cycle of mutual attacks has persisted, with both sides reporting casualties and damage to several facilities.

Nine days into the conflict, on June 22, the United States joined the escalation, with American bombers targeting three Iranian nuclear sites - Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.