India, March 22 -- US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Sunday issued a fact-check on Iran's claims that it shot down a US F-15 over the country's southern coast and near Hormuz Island. This comes as Iranian state media also posted a video that allegedly showed the locking of the fighter jet.

"Rumors claim the Iranian regime recently shot down a U.S. F-15 over Iran," CENTCOM said in a post on X, platform formerly known as Twitter. Fact-checking the claim, the department added: "U.S. forces have flown more than 8,000 combat flights during Operation Epic Fury. No U.S. fighter aircraft have been shot down by Iran."

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