Brigadier General Farzad Esmaeili told reporters on Sunday that the drone was shot down for exercise and to test the preparation status.
His comments came following reports on Saturday that a military drone has crashed near the city of Shoush, the province of Khuzestan.
“The remains of the drone were collected and delivered to the IRGC Aerospace Force local office,” Qodratollah Dehqan, deputy governor of the province, told the Mehr News Agency Saturday.