Tasnim � The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson strongly condemned a US military drone�s intrusion into Iran�s airspace.

In a statement on Thursday, Abbas Mousavi voiced Iran�s strong protest at the US� �aggressive and provocative� move to violate Iran�s airspace.

�We give a decisive warning against illegal and aggressive entry of any foreign intruding object and aircraft into the country�s sky, and against any violation of the Islamic Republic of Iran�s territories,� he added.

The spokesman underlined that the responsibility for the consequences of violation of Iranian borders lies with the intruders.

The IRGC said on Thursday that a US spy drone that violated the Iranian territorial airspace in the early hours of the day was shot down by the IRGC Aerospace Force�s air defense unit near the Kooh-e-Mobarak region in the southern province of Hormozgan.

The intruding drone was reportedly shot by Iran�s homegrown air defense missile system �Khordad-3rd�.

In comments made a few hours after the incident, IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami said the shooting down of the US aircraft had a straightforward message that any foreign intrusion into Iran�s sovereign territories would draw a crushing response.

�The downing of the US drone had an explicit, decisive and clear message that defenders of the Islamic Iran�s borders will show decisive and knockout reactions to aggression against this territory by any alien,� he said.

�Borders are our redline, and any enemy violating these borders will not go back,� the commander underlined.

He also made it clear that Iran is not seeking war with any country but is fully prepared for any confrontation. �Today�s incident was a clear sign of such a precise message.�

The general also reminded the enemies that the only way for them to remain safe is to respect Iran�s territorial integrity, national security and vital interests.