In this image taken from the Iranian state TV's Arabic-language channel Al-Alam, showed what they purport to be an intact ScanEagle drone aircraft put on display, as an exclusive broadcast Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012, showing what they say are the first pictures of a captured drone. Iran authorities claimed Tuesday it had captured a U.S. drone after it entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf, and showing an image of a purportedly downed craft on state TV, but the U.S. Navy said all its unmanned aircraft in the region were "fully accounted for."(AP Photo / Al-Alam TV) TV OUT
Official: Iran has evidence it captured US drone
In this image taken from the Iranian state TV's Arabic-language channel Al-Alam, showed what they purport to be an intact ScanEagle drone aircraft put on display, as an exclusive broadcast Tuesday Dec. 4, 2012, showing what they say are the first pictures of a captured drone. Iran authorities claimed Tuesday it had captured a U.S. drone after it entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf, and showing an image of a purportedly downed craft on state TV, but the U.S. Navy said all its unmanned aircraft in the region were "fully accounted for."(AP Photo / Al-Alam TV) TV OUT
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Associated Press /
December 5, 2012
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In the case of the Sentinel, after initially saying only that a drone had been lost near the Afghan-Iran border, American officials eventually confirmed it had been monitoring Iran’s military and nuclear facilities. Washington asked for it back but Iran refused, and instead released photos of Iranian officials studying the aircraft.
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