Iran says no return of captured US spy drone
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December 12, 2011, Monday
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IRAN will not return a United States surveillance drone captured by its armed forces, a senior commander of the country's elite Revolutionary Guard said yesterday.
General Hossein Salami, deputy head of the Guard, said in remarks broadcast on state television that the violation of Iran's airspace by the US drone was a "hostile act" and warned of a "bigger" response. He did not elaborate on what Tehran might do.
"No one returns the symbol of aggression to the party that sought secret and vital intelligence related to the national security of a country," Salami said.
Iranian television broadcast video last Thursday of Iranian military officials inspecting what it identified as the RQ-170 Sentinel drone.
Iranian state media have said the unmanned spy aircraft was detected over the eastern town of Kashmar, 225 kilometers from the border with Afghanistan. US officials have acknowledged losing the drone.
Salami called its capture a victory for Iran and a defeat for the US in an intelligence and technological battle.
"Iran is among the few countries that possesses the most modern technology in the field of pilotless drones," he said.
But Salami refused to provide more details of Iran's claim to have captured the CIA-operated aircraft.
General Hossein Salami, deputy head of the Guard, said in remarks broadcast on state television that the violation of Iran's airspace by the US drone was a "hostile act" and warned of a "bigger" response. He did not elaborate on what Tehran might do.
"No one returns the symbol of aggression to the party that sought secret and vital intelligence related to the national security of a country," Salami said.
Iranian television broadcast video last Thursday of Iranian military officials inspecting what it identified as the RQ-170 Sentinel drone.
Iranian state media have said the unmanned spy aircraft was detected over the eastern town of Kashmar, 225 kilometers from the border with Afghanistan. US officials have acknowledged losing the drone.
Salami called its capture a victory for Iran and a defeat for the US in an intelligence and technological battle.
"Iran is among the few countries that possesses the most modern technology in the field of pilotless drones," he said.
But Salami refused to provide more details of Iran's claim to have captured the CIA-operated aircraft.
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