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 latest attack, if confirmed, would mark at least half a dozen American jets struck or shot down by Iran in the ongoing conflict against US.

The advanced F-15 fighter 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. Apart from the US, other Middle East nations, including S...