Library Documents on Iran's Drone Program
June 24, 2019
France, Germany and the United Kingdom are gravely concerned by the increased tensions in the Gulf that were further heightened after the downing of a US drone by Iran on 20 June. These developments risk miscalculation and conflict. We call for de-escalation and dialogue, with full respect for international rules.
June 23, 2019
SECRETARY POMPEO: Hi. Well, good afternoon, everyone. I wanted to say a couple things as we head off on this extended trip. First, I think it’s really important for everyone to understand that the Iranians are out sowing disinformation in lots of places. First of all, you’ve seen the childlike map that Foreign Minister Zarif put out. The...
June 23, 2019
"Reducing tensions, preventing any conflict from happening between countries and development of peace and stability in the region and the world are fixed approaches of the Islamic Republic of Iran," said President.Speaking in a meeting with the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Gabriela Cuevas Barron on Sunday in Tehran, President...
June 22, 2019
[...]Q Mr. President, do you still believe that Iran’s targeting of a U.S. drone could have been unintentional? Do you still believe that?THE PRESIDENT: I don’t know unintentional or not. It was probably intentional, as I said. But regardless, they targeted something without a person in it — without a man or a woman, and certainly without...
June 22, 2019
Tehran, June 22, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message on Saturday elaborated on the impact points of the US spy drone which was hit and downed by the Iranian forces."For more visual detail on the path, location, and point of impact of the US military drone Iran shot down on Thursday, and of the waters over which it was...
June 21, 2019
Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Seyyed Abbas Araqchi has strongly protested the US administration over an American spy drone"s incursion into the Iranian airspace in an emergency phone call with the Swiss envoy in Tehran.In the Thursday night conversation, Araqchi told Markus Leitner - whose country represents the US interests in the...
June 20, 2019
Tehran, June 20, IRNA – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday that the US spy drone shot-down has a clear message to enemies.Shooting down of the US spy drone has a clear message and it is the fact that the defenders of this country are ready to give decisive response to any aggression, Major-General Hossein...
June 20, 2019
[...]Q Mr. President, how will you respond to Iran?PRESIDENT TRUMP: Iran made a big mistake. This drone was in international waters, clearly. We have it all documented. It’s documented scientifically, not just words. And they made a very bad mistake. Okay?Q How will you respond, Mr. President? How will you respond?PRESIDENT TRUMP: ...
June 20, 2019
Tehran, June 20, IRNA – The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) rejected the US claim that the downed spy drone was in international airspace and released the details of this drone's aggression.The US espionage drone took off from the US military bases in the Persian Gulf on early Thursday morning and it was using radar evading techniques before...
June 20, 2019
TAMPA, Fla., June 20, 2019 —"U.S. Central Command can confirm that a U.S. Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (or BAMS-D) ISR aircraft was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile system while operating in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz at approximately 11:35 p.m. GMT on June 19, 2019. Iranian reports that the aircraft...