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So who do you believe then...? Personally I wouldn't trust either side but I'm inclined to think the US were probably spying. They are after all, the self designated world police!
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/iran-tv-us-spy-drone-shot-down-military-150224269.html
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/iran-military-shoots-down-u-drone-state-tv-145517151.html
Iran TV: US Spy Drone Shot Down By Military
Iran's military has shot down an unmanned US aircraft over the east of the country, state TV has reported.
"Iran's military has downed an intruding RQ-170 American drone in eastern Iran," Iran's Arabic-language Al Alam state television network quoted an unnamed military source as saying.
A report on English-language Press TV said the drone was "downed with minimum damage" and seized by Iranian officials.
The RQ-170 Sentinel is an unmanned stealth aircraft used for reconnaissance. It is not designed to carry weapons.
The semi-official Fars news agency, which is believed to be close to the Revolutionary Guard military force, said Iran would respond to the violation of its airspace with actions beyond its own borders.
There was no immediate comment on the claims from the US military.
The reports came amid worsening relations between the West and Iran over its nuclear programme after the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued a report it said showed Iran had worked on designing an atomic bomb .
Iran has insisted its nuclear ambitions are entirely peaceful, but prompted the US and European Union to agree tighter sanctions on Iranian companies and individuals.
Earlier on Sunday, Iran's foreign ministry warned that any move to extend those sanctions to block oil exports would double the price of crude.
"As soon as such an issue is raised seriously the oil price would soar to above \$250 a barrel," foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast was quoted as saying.
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ISAF says drone lost over Afghanistan late last week
BONN (Reuters) - A surveillance drone flying over western Afghanistan had gone out of control late last week and may be the one Iran said it had shot down over its own airspace, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Sunday.
"The UAV to which the Iranians are referring may be a U.S. unarmed reconnaissance aircraft that had been flying a mission over western Afghanistan late last week. The operators of the UAV lost control of the aircraft and had been working to determine its status," an ISAF statement said.
The statement about the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was issued in Kabul and released to reporters covering an international conference on Afghanistan in the German city Bonn.
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