Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 5 /Trend S.Isayev, D. Khatinoglu/
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 drone.
AP reported yesterday citing U.S. Navy spokesman, who said no American drones are missing in the Middle East following Iranian claims it had captured an unmanned American surveillance aircraft.
The IRGC said more information would be released on the aircraft if necessary and rejected the US denial that it does not have any such aircraft in its drone fleet, saying Washington has to take a new tally of the aircraft.
The IRGC also said that it captured the drone almost undamaged and said the capture bore much more significance than the country's last-year downing of an intruding US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft.
"The US does not seek security, and it has violated the borders of Iran, gathering information on the oil tankers," Sharif said.
Iranian sources reported yesterday that the IRGC defense forces shot down the ScanEagle unmanned drone, after it violated Iran's airspace.
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