Iran does not intend to return US downed drone
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) of Iran states that it will not return the unmanned aerial vehicle that, according to the military of the Islamic Republic, was shot down last week in the east of the country, the Associated Press news agency reported.
According to the deputy commander of the IRGC, General Hosseini Salami, whose words were broadcast on Iranian television on Sunday, the violation by the American drone Iranian airspace is a "hostile act" that will receive a "larger" response.
On Sunday, December 4, there were reports that the Iranian military shot down an American drone RQ-170 in the east of the country. The US authorities later admitted that they had lost the UAV, but said that there was no reason to believe that it was really shot down by the Iranians.
Iranian state television channels on Thursday for the first time showed on the air a fallen American drone, which was captured, according to local media, thanks to a cyber attack by Iranian intelligence services. The demonstrated apparatus has no visible damage.
Earlier, the American television station NBC reported that this drone was used in the interests of the CIA of the United States to collect information about the objects of Iran’s nuclear program. For still unknown reasons, the aircraft operators, who were in the United States, lost contact with him, after which the drone ran out of fuel, and it crashed.
Earlier this year, the Iranian military had already announced that they had destroyed two American UAVs in the Persian Gulf. However, the Pentagon has denied this data.
The United States and a number of Western countries suspect Iran of developing nuclear weapons under the guise of a nuclear power development program. Tehran rejects all accusations, stating that its nuclear program is aimed solely at meeting the country's electricity needs.
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