Iran Claims Arrest "Drone" U.S.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Tuesday (04/12/2012), claimed to have caught a plane with no drones aka small start on the waters of the Persian Gulf after the drone had entered Iranian airspace.

"Drone-owned U.S. patrol in the Persian Gulf, conducting reconnaissance and intelligence gathering. Drones were arrested after entering Iranian airspace," the Navy said in a statement quoted by Iran's Revolutionary Guards Iranian government broadcasters, IRIB.

The statement did not give an explanation when, where or how the drone was captured. The statement merely explains that the drone had been doing surveillance for several days.

Iran Navy, said the drone is kind of artificial Boeing ScanEagle. Drone is a type of short-range reconnaissance with three-meter wingspan and ordinary launched from warships and can fly up to a distance of 100 km.

A year ago, Iran also claimed to have seized a drone that is larger and more sophisticated, which is a type RQ-170 Sentinel. Tehran when it refused a U.S. request to return drone and will use it to make the catch their own drones.

Last week, Iran's Foreign Ministry said the U.S. had violated U.S. airspace eight times in October. The Iranian government threatened to serious reactions if such violations are repeated.

In early November, an Iranian fighter jet shot down a U.S. drone in the Persian Gulf, but failed to bring down the drone. Similarly, the U.S. Department of Defense.