2:13 PM
Updated at: 1245 PST, Wednesday, July 20, 2011
TEHRAN:
A senior Iranian legislator confirmed earlier reports saying that a US
drone has been shot down by Iran over Fordo nuclear enrichment plant in
the Central Qom province.
Member of the parliament's National
Security and Foreign Policy Commission Ali Aqazadeh Dafsari said on
Tuesday that the unmanned spy plane was flying near the Fordo nuclear
enrichment plant in Qom province when the Islamic Revolution Guards
Corps (IRGC)'s Air Defense units brought it down.
The official
stated that the US drone was on a mission to identify the location of
the Fordo nuclear enrichment...
