Iran Press/Iran news: Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Thursday reacted to the shooting down of a US surveillance drone flying over Iran’s southern skies, voicing the country’s “strong protest to such aggressive and provocative measures.”
"Tehran strongly warns against any 'illegal and aggressive' violation of Iranian airspace and territory by any foreign intruder," he added, stressing: "All the responsibility for such moves lies on the aggressors," Iran Press reported.
US RQ-4 spy drone
The statement came after Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced that it shot down a US RQ-4 spy drone close to the Iranian province of Hormozgan in Persian Gulf Shores on Thursday.
It said the US-made Global Hawk surveillance drone was brought down by its Air Force near the Kouh-e Mobarak region — which sits in the central district of Jask County — after the aircraft violated Iranian airspace.
Commenting on the operation Major General Hussein Salami on Thursday also said that the downing of a US drone carried a clear message to Iran’s arch enemy, the United States.
IRGC has shot down a US RQ-4 spy drone close to the Iranian province of Hormozgan in Persian Gulf Shores on Thursday. 208/104
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