TEHRAN, Iran -- A prominent Iranian parliament member said Friday
that a U.S. drone violated Iran's airspace a week ago, when the Pentagon
says it was fired on. The U.S. maintains the pilotless craft was over
international waters.
Lawmaker Mohammad Saleh Jokar told state-owned yjc.ir news website
that Iranian fighters shot at the U.S. drone because it had entered
Iranian airspace.
"Violation of the airspace of Iran was the reason for
shooting at the American drone," Mohammad Saleh Jokar was quoted as
saying. "This showed Iran has the necessary readiness to defend against
any invasion."
The semi-official Fars news agency also suggested that the drone violated Iran's airspace.
Fars carried quotes from a general in the Iranian Revolutionary
Guards as saying Iran would confront any "flying object" that entered
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