Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 6 /Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/
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 in the region," Naqdi said.
Naqdi said that Iran is not only capable of detecting and capturing unmanned drones, noting that the Islamic Republic has done other things, that should not be revealed.
"The U.S. and its Western allies do not want to tolerate Iran's progress, and thus use conspiracy and various tricks to advance their evil intentions," the Basij commander noted.
IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi announced on Tuesday that a US spy drone had been captured by Iranian forces over the Persian Gulf upon its intrusion into Iranian airspace.
Iran has released footage of the captured drone, which is a long-endurance aircraft manufactured by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing.
Last month, Iran repelled a US drone that had entered the country's airspace above the territorial waters of the Islamic Republic in the Persian Gulf.
Last year, the Iranian military also grounded a US RQ-170 spy drone while it was flying over the Iranian city of Kashmar, some 140 miles (225 km) from the Afghanistan border.
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