IRGC says it shot down US drone
The Naval forces of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
(IRGC) shot down the U.S. unmanned drone in the Persian Gulf, Rear
Admiral Ali Fadavi said, Trend news agency reported, referring to
Fars agency.
Fadavi said the drone crossed Iranian border, after which it was
shot down, and captured by the Iranian side.
The admiral noted that the aircraft has been on a mission in the
Persian Gulf region for the past couple of days, gathering
information, and violated the airspace of the Islamic Republic of
Iran.
IRGC's control systems identified the drone, and the defense units
shot it down.
Reportedly, the drone was a Scan Eagle UAV type.
On Nov. 25 Iran issued a warning against the repeated violations of
its airspace by US drones and the illegal moves of US Navy warships
in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman.
Earlier in November, Iran's military repelled an unidentified
aircraft that had entered the country's airspace "above the
territorial waters of the Islamic Republic in the Persian
Gulf".
The Pentagon claimed two Iranian warplanes had fired at a US drone
as it conducted a routine, but classified, surveillance mission
over the Persian Gulf about 16 nautical miles off the Iranian
coast.
However, Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of the
Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, revealed
the drone had been driven away by Iranian forces as it attempted to
gather oil and economic intelligence around Kharg Island in
southern Iran.
The general stated that the country's armed forces would respond
with stronger action if US drones attempted to violate Iran's
airspace again.