NEW YORK, March 25. /TASS/. US Central Command (CENTCOM) asserts that the statement by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, Iran’s elite military unit) about the downing of a US F/A-18 fighter jet over the Iranian city of Chabahar is not true.

"FALSE: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced a US F/A-18 fighter was struck over Chabahar using new advanced air defense systems," CENTCOM said in a statement.

Earlier, the Iranian armed forces announced that an F-18 fighter jet allegedly belonging to the US Air Force had been shot down over the Islamic Republic using an unnamed new man-portable air defense system (MANPADS).