The strike on the American F-35 fighter jet was carried out by young patriots — scientists and warriors, said a spokesman for the Central Command "Khatam al-Anbia" Colonel Ibrahim Zolfaghari, as reported by ISNA.

"Young patriots, scientists, and warriors of the Aerospace Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were able to strike a blow against the myth of the invincibility of the American fifth-generation F-35 fighters and, for the first time in the world, shattered their impressiveness, devaluing their authority," he said.

Earlier, US Central Command spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins stated that an American F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at a US air base in the Middle East after being shot down, presumably by Iranian fire.