An Iranian commander vowed on Wednesday that the Islamic Republic is to respond in the occupied Palestinian territories to the recent intrusion of an Israeli spying drone into its airspace.
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri said: “Destroying the Israeli spy drone is not the end of measures [undertaken] by the Islamic Republic of Iran and [we] will respond to the enemy in the occupied territories.”
He noted that Iran’s airspace is under the full control of Tehran, adding that Iran is vigilantly monitoring any foreign movements around its skies.
Jazayeri also said that that the spy aircraft was launched from one of the former Soviet states located north of Iran.
In a statement on Sunday, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said it had successfully intercepted and shot down an Israeli spy drone by a surface-to-air missile. The aircraft was on its way toward Natanz nuclear facility in Iran’s central province of Isfahan.
The sophisticated stealth drone, an Israeli-made Hermes type, can operate within a radius of 800 kilometers and is capable of flying 1,600 kilometers without refueling, according to the IRGC.
IRGC’s Second-in-Command Brigadier General Hossein Salami said on Tuesday that the Israeli aircraft had been immediately detected and tracked upon entering Iranian skies, but it was allowed to continue its path toward its destination so that the IRGC could collect intelligence on the drone's mission.
Source: Press TV
| 27-08-2014 - 16:22 Last updated 27-08-2014 - 16:22 |
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