{"id":21692,"date":"2026-06-06T04:01:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=21692"},"modified":"2026-06-06T04:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:01:51","slug":"u-s-downs-iranian-drones-headed-toward-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/06\/06\/u-s-downs-iranian-drones-headed-toward-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. downs Iranian drones headed toward Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces intercepted and shot down four Iranian explosive drones that were heading toward the Strait of Hormuz.<br>CENTCOM stated that, as part of defensive measures and efforts to prevent potential attacks, U.S. forces also targeted coastal surveillance radar sites on Iran\u2019s Qeshm Island and in the Gorok area of Sirik County.<br>The command emphasized that it remains fully prepared to defend itself against what it described as Iranian \u201caggression.\u201d<br>Meanwhile, Iranian media outlets reported hearing explosions in the affected area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces intercepted and shot down four Iranian explosive drones that were heading toward the Strait of Hormuz.CENTCOM stated that, as part of defensive measures and efforts to prevent potential attacks, U.S. forces also targeted coastal surveillance radar sites on Iran\u2019s Qeshm Island and in the Gorok [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21692"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21694,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21692\/revisions\/21694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}