ALBAWABA - Iran launched waves of missile attacks against Israel on June 7 in retaliation against Tel Aviv's aggressive strikes on southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs.
In response, Israel launched airstrikes on western and central Iran, as blasts were reported in several cities including Tehran, Isfahan, and Tabriz.
Local media in Iran announced today that a "hostile drone" was shot down over the capital Tehran. "A hostile drone belonging to the American-Zionist enemy was targeted and destroyed by air defences in the skies over Tehran," the Mehr news agency said, without elaborating.
A man poses for a photo next to a fallen rocket half-buried in the ground on the outskirts of Jericho on June 8, 2026, following Iranian and Iran-backed Houthi rebel attacks. Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP
Iran fires newly-developed, unknown drone against Israel. What to know
Iran has unveiled a new, unknown drone with a jet engine in Sunday attacks against Tel Aviv, Tasnim News Agency reported Monday.
Seyyed Mohammad Taheri, head of the military desk of Tasnim's war commentary group, announced that Iran has unveiled a new, unknown drone with a jet engine in its attacks against Israel tonight, Sunday night.
Additionally, the Fars News Agency quoted a military source as saying that Iranian forces used a combination of Emad, Qadr, and Khaibar missiles in the recent attacks, adding that Tehran also deployed the latest generation of Khaibar missiles during last night's strikes against targets inside Israel.
No further details have been released yet by the Iranian IRGC on the new drone used in the attack on Israel.
