Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 4 /Trend S.Isayev, T. Jafarov/
The Naval forces of Iran's IRGC shot down the U.S. unmanned drone in the Persian Gulf, Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi said, Fars reported.
Fadavi said the drone crossed Iranian border, after which it was shot down, and captured by the Iranian side.
The admiral noted that the aircraft has been on a mission in the Persian Gulf region for the past couple of days, gathering information, and violated the airspace of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
IRGC's control systems identified the drone, and the defense units shot it down.
Reportedly, the drone was a Scan Eagle UAV type.
On Nov. 25 Iran issued a warning against the repeated violations of its airspace by US drones and the illegal moves of US Navy warships in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman.
Earlier in November, Iran's military repelled an unidentified aircraft that had entered the country's airspace "above the territorial waters of the Islamic Republic in the Persian Gulf".
The Pentagon claimed two Iranian warplanes had fired at a US drone as it conducted a routine, but classified, surveillance mission over the Persian Gulf about 16 nautical miles off the Iranian coast.
However, Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of the Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), revealed the drone had been driven away by Iranian forces as it attempted to gather oil and economic intelligence around Kharg Island in southern Iran.
The general stated that the country's armed forces would respond with stronger action if US drones attempted to violate Iran's airspace again.
In 2011, Iranian defense forces identified and shot down unmanned U.S. RQ-170 drone, later achieving control over its data. The U.S. claimed the drone landed due to undisclosed technical reasons.
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