India, March 22 -- The Iranian military on Sunday claimed to have shot down an 'enemy' F-15 over the country's southern coast and near Hormuz Island using its air defence system.

The advanced American jet was struck using Iranian air defense force's ground-to-air systems, Iran's Fars News reported.

The Iranian media also uploaded a video that claimed to show the air defence system successfully locking the F-15 fighter jet. However, there is no confirmation from the manufacturing country, the US, nor from the allies in the Middle East.

The latest attack comes days after Iran claimed to have become the first nation to strike a US F-35 Lightning 2, a fifth-generation jet touted as the one of the most advanced jets. A CNN report, citing US...