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'Spying' drone crashes in Iran
2005-08-28
An unmanned single-engined plane has crashed in a mountainous area of western Iran and the wreckage has been recovered by the Iranian armed forces, Iranian newspapers said yesterday. It was not clear if the plane was Iranian or foreign, although the influential Kayhan newspaper pointed out that "usually these sort of planes are used for spying".

The reports quoted Ali Asgar Ahmadi, deputy head of security in the interior ministry, as saying the plane went down in the Alashtar mountains near the city of Khorramabad, 350km southwest of Tehran. Kayhan said that as soon as the plane crashed, police sealed off the area - just 150km from the border with Iraq - and "a group of experts from Kermanshahr airbase went to examine the fuselage".

Earlier this year the former intelligence minister Ali Yunessi confirmed the presence of "American spying instruments" in the skies over Iran.
He knows this from his source, Col. Flagg.
US media reports earlier this year also said the United States has been flying drones over Iran since April 2004, seeking evidence to back up its claims that Iran is working on nuclear weapons.
Posted by:Anonymoose

#2  I hope it is American, and that we are doing some surface mapping. Coordinates plz
Posted by: Captain America   2005-08-28 05:25  

#1  Earlier this year the former intelligence minister Ali Yunessi confirmed the presence of "American spying instruments" in the skies over Iran.

They'll get over it.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2005-08-28 02:46  

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