India, March 26 -- US Central Command issued a fact-check on Wednesday after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed they'd struck a F/A-18 fighter jet over Chabahar. The IRGC had claimed that the US jet had been struck using 'new advanced air defense systems.'

CENTCOM's clarification comes at a time when the US and Israel are engaged in war with Iran. Joint airstrikes by the nations took out Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

Taking to X, CENTCOM wrote "No U.S. fighter aircraft have been shot down by Iran."

CENTCOM issued their fact-check even as a video appearing to show a plane getting hit went viral. Many said it was a US F18 that had been hit. Russian state-backed media RT posted a copy of the video and wrote "...