AFP -Iran has in the past shot down more spy US ScanEagle drones, a model of which it claimed to have captured recently, media reports said Tuesday, quoting a senior military official.
"We had already shot down this type of drone, (copies of which) are being produced in the country," said Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the ...
Iran claims it captured a US drone in its airspace, which the US denies. If true, Iran may have brought the drone down by jamming signals andreconfiguring its GPS coordinates.
Iranclaims it captured aUnited Statesdrone in its airspace over thePersian Gulf, and though the US denies the downing of one of its intelligence-gathering drones, the claim ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The naval chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard claims Iranian forces had captured at least two other U.S. drones before unveiling a purportedly downed ScanEagle craft earlier this month.
Monday's report by the official IRNA news agency does not say when the two other drones were allegedly taken.
It quotes Adm. Ali Fadavi as ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A prominent Iranian lawmaker says Tehran has material evidence to prove that it has captured an American unmanned aircraft.
The head of the Iranian parliament's defense committee Ismaeil Kowsari wouldn't specify what proof the Islamic Republic has to back up his claims. But he said Wednesday that Tehran will release more information ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A U.S. Navy spokesman says no American drones are missing in the Middle East following Iranian claims it had captured an unmanned American surveillance aircraft.
Cmdr. Jason Salata, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, says all U.S. drones in the region are "fully accounted for." He also cast doubt on Iranian claims Tuesday ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has provided the Russian army with a copy of the US ScanEagle drone which was hunted by the IRGC in 2012 and a video showing how Iran monitors the trans-regional countries' vessels and equipment in the Persian Gulf.
"The drone built by the IRGC is a symbol of the technical capabilities of the ...
The Iranian deputy defense minister says Iran is among the top five countries in the world that possess drone technology.
Mohammad Eslami said on Friday that Iran is also among the top ten countries in the world in most fields of military sector.
The Iranian Defense Ministry official added that the Islamic Republic is currently designing and manufacturing ...
Iranian cartoonists draw pictures of capturing second US spying drone. Last week, IRGC officials announced the capture of an unmanned US drone (ScanEagle) over the Persian Gulf waters upon its intrusion into Irans airspace.
A year ago, the Iranian military also grounded a US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft while it was flying over the Iranian city ...
TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (UPI) --Iran is ready to cooperate with allies to tackle the threat of foreign drones now that it has U.S. surveillance equipment on hand, a spokesman said.
Iran this week said it captured a Boeing ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle that allegedly strayed into its territory.
While not used exclusively by the U.S. military, Iranian ...
Senior Iranian lawmaker Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard said capturing the US spying drone proved the Islamic Republic's defensive capabilities to the world, Press TV reported.
"Capturing a second US spying drone demonstrated Iran's defensive capability," Aboutorabi-Fard said Wednesday.
"Demonstrating the scientific capabilities of Iran's defense ...
The US Navy has denied it's missing any ScanEagle drones. But Iran claims to have evidence of the drone. An Iranian lawmaker suggests that maybe the CIA, instead of the Pentagon, is missing a spy drone.
Iranhas material evidence to prove that it has captured an American unmanned aircraft, a prominent lawmaker inTehransaid Wednesday, rejectingU.S. ...
The U.S. says it wants to negotiate with Iran, and at the same time it sends its UAVs to spy and collect sensitive information in Persian Gulf, Commander of the Basij paramilitary force of Iran, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi said, Mehr reported.
"Iran's capture of UAV proves the barbaric nature of the U.S., that wants to cause instability ...
The drone Iran says it captured appears to be a U.S.-made ScanEagle, Pentagon spokesman George Little said, in a change from the initial U.S. rejection of the Iranian claim.
While Iran said it extracted valuable data from the unmanned aerial vehicle, Little told reporters yesterday that it was highly improbable that useful intelligence could be gained ...
Iran news headlines on Tuesday include Iran report of capturing U.S. drone in its airspace which the US Navy denies, 2 pilots charging for shippingaircraft to Iran, Azerbaijanforeign ministry spokesperson remarks over not allowing Israel to use Azerbaijan for attacking Iran,UNHCR concerning about jailed Iranian activist andSwedish man accusing ofviolating ...
Iran has threatened international legal action against Washington over its alleged interception of a US spy drone. Tehran claims it has evidence of illegal spying on Irans nuclear program to present to an international court.
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi announced on Tuesday that Tehran now has proof of the presence of US spy drones over ...
(Reuters) -Iranhas obtained data from a U.S. intelligence drone that shows it was spying on the country's military sites and oil terminals, Iranian media reported its armed forces as saying on Wednesday.
Iranannounced on Tuesday that it had captured a ScanEagle drone belonging to the United States, but Washington said there was no evidence to support ...
The U.S. cannot hide the fact that Iran has captured one of its unmanned drones, Head of the IRGC's Public Relations Office General Ramadan Sharif said, Etemad newspaper reported.
Sharif noted that the U.S. should consider re-counting the number of their drones, adding that Iranian specialists have recently managed to extract the data from the captured ...
Most of the actions in the US-Iran covert war remain mysterious and unclaimed until one side sees an advantagein shining light on an incident. Thats what Iran has done with the drone capture.
Iranian claims and US denials thatIrancaptured an American reconnaissance drone flying over Iranian territory in recent days offers little in the way of clarity,...
TEHRAN: Iran's Revolutionary Guards are telling theUnited Statesto "recount" the drones in its fleet as they insist that -- despite US denials -- they captured a small US unmanned spy plane over Gulf waters, Iranian media said Wednesday.
"Its capture is not an issue the Americans can easily refute," Guards spokesmanBrigadier General Ramezan Sharifwas ...
WASHINGTON - The United States has no evidence that Iranian claims that it captured a US drone are accurate, the White House said on Tuesday.
"We have no evidence that the Iranian claims are true," White House spokesman Jay Carney said in response to a question at a briefing.
A Navy spokesman said it had fully accounted for all unmanned aircraft ...
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