US Drones Spying Near Iranian Borders

2011-05-09

TEHRAN (FNA)- Three US spy drones have been seen flying near Iran's Western borders in recent days, witness reports revealed on Monday.

Witness accounts said the US spy drones patrol the area over the border city of Halabja, a Kurdish town in Northern Iraq, 3km from Iran's western borders round the clock.

No security official of Halabja city was ready to comment on the development.

The witness reports also said that Iran's border guards have not yet shown reaction to the US spying operation.

Earlier this year, a senior Iranian military official had confirmed reports on the shooting down of several enemy drones over the Persian Gulf, and said Iran has targeted a large number of these pilotless planes during the last 7 years.

"We have experienced similar incidents many times in the past and there have even been drones belonging to the occupying Zionist regime (Israel), the United States and Britain which have been shot down in the Persian Gulf during the past 7 years," the senior military official told FNA in January.

Also in January 2007, the Iranian military troops shot down a spy plane of the US army when trying to cross Iran-Iraq borders in the Southwestern city of Dasht-e-Azadegan, Khuzestan province.

Source: FARS News Agency.
Link: http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9002191327.