A senior Iranian commander says the Israeli drone recently shot down in Iran was targeted while flying at an altitude of 3,700 meters (nearly 12,140 feet) in the Iranian airspace. We allowed this drone to enter (the Iranian airspace) and (then) tracked it for 43 minutes, said Commander of Irans Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad ...

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli said his forces are always on alert to hunt down any hostile aircraft which dares to violate the Iranian airspace. "Any drone that comes to violate the Islamic Republic of Iran's airspace will be safely downed by us like the RQ-170 drone, or we will issue ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran will target and destroy any enemy aircraft flying over its airspace, Chief of Staff of Armed Forces General Hassan Firouzabadi said after the country's military shot down an Israeli spy drone near Natanz nuclear enrichment facility last week. "We will destroy any enemy aircraft which violates our country's airspace," Firouzabadi ...

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) A senior Iranian lawmaker said the countrys success to target an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was a testimony to the air defense units ability to identify and track small, stealth aircraft. Given the small size of drones in the space and their radar-evading qualities, they are very difficult to spot, but we gained such capability,...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Vice-President for Legal Affairs Elham Aminzadeh strongly condemned the recent violation of Iran's airspace by an Israeli drone, and said Tel Aviv should apologize for its hostile and aggressive move. "The violators of every country's airspace should compensate for any damage they incur and under any circumstances they should ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Security sources in Jordan said Saudi Arabia aided Israel in flying an unmanned spying aerial vehicle that was shot down in central Iran, the WorldNetDaily reported. The Jordanian security officials did not detail the kind of assistance provided by the Saudis, but it is likely to have included the use of a Saudi airbase, the WND reported ...

The US-led sanctions imposed against Iran have made the Islamic Republic more self-sufficient and stronger, a former Pentagon official tells Press TV. In a recent interview with Press TV, Michael Maloof said the recent downing of an Israeli spy drone in Iranian skies by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) is indicative of Irans very good capabilities....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran knows well from which country and which base the Israeli drone that it shot down a few days ago had taken off, Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami said. "What some people say that the drone had started its flight from Israel is not correct and we are almost certain ...

[caption id="attachment_113417" align="alignright" width="273"] This undated photo released Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, claims to show the wreckage of an Israeli drone which Iran claims it shot down near an Iranian nuclear site. Iran's state TV on Monday broadcast footage purported to show an Israeli drone the country's ...

Irans Foreign Ministry hasstrongly condemned and described as a hostile act the intrusion of an Israeli spying drone into the Islamic Republics airspace. Iran condemns the Israeli violation ofthe Islamic Republics airspace through this hostile act which amounts toviolation of its territorial integrity, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said ...

[caption id="attachment_107999" align="alignright" width="238"] Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan[/caption] Irans defense minister says Tehran will give a crushing response to any enemy aggression against Iranian soil. Iran will respond to any aggression, from any aggressor, under any circumstances, and aggressors will definitely ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Israeli pilotless aircraft which was shot down yesterday was a Hermes-type drone, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh announced on Monday. "The downed spy drone is Hermes and made in Israel," General Hajizadeh said on Monday. He said the operational range ...

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Tehran, Aug 25, IRNA - Vice President and Head of Iran?s Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi here on Monday appreciated the Iranian Armed Forces for shooting an Israeli spy drone over the country?s territory. Speaking in a gathering, Salehi underscored that it was divine will that the Iranian armed forces managed to accomplish this important ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Iranian military officials announced on Monday that they will accelerate arming the Palestinians in the West Bank in response to the recent aggression made by an Israeli spy drone which was downed before it could reach Natanz nuclear enrichment facility in Central Iran. "We will accelerate arming the West Bank and we think ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans minister of defense said the task to recover the remaining parts of an Israeli spy drone shot down in Irans airspace might reveal data from recorders of the aircraft. Speaking at a television talk show on Sunday night, Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said the remaining components of the Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ...