TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's Revolutionary Guard shot down an unmanned U.S. spy plane that was trying to gather information on an underground uranium enrichment site, a state-owned news site said Wednesday.
Lawmaker Ali Aghazadeh Dafsari said the drone was flying over the Fordo uranium enrichment site near the holy city of Qom in central Iran, the state TV-run Youth Journalists Club said.
The report did not say when the plane was shot down.
Iran is locked in a dispute with the U.S. and its allies over Tehran's disputed nuclear program, which the West believes aims to develop nuclear weapons. Iran denies the accusations, saying its nuclear program is aimed at generating electricity and producing isotopes to treat medical patients.
Long kept secret, the Fordo site is built next to a military complex to protect it in case of attack. Iran only acknowledged Fordo's existence after Western intelligence agencies identified it in September 2009. The facility is reportedly located 295 feet (90 meters) underneath a mountain.
Iran says it is planning to install advanced centrifuges at Fordo to speed up its nuclear activities.
U.S. nuclear experts say by increasing the enrichment level and its stock of nearly 20 percent low-enriched uranium, Iran could reach a "break out" capability that would allow it to make enough weapon-grade uranium for a nuclear weapon.
Iran has claimed to shoot down U.S. spy planes in the past. Earlier this month, Iranian military officials showed Russian experts several U.S. drones they said were shot down in recent years.
I was looking at myself talking to myself and I realized this conversation...I was having with myself looking at myself was a conversation with myself that I needed to have with myself.
tell me about it.. I do fear the shiite threat but good for them.. can America afford another war for Israel? With all that monumental effort the republican Jesus hasn't descended yet for his worshipers..
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Maybe the US military was collecting data for Israel since it is predicted that they will attack Iran this Fall?!?! Source
after the U.S goes bankrupt and they're already there, Israel will turn China into its new patsy, except the chinese have no creed and can't have their arm twisted by fairy tales of a repuke con God descending on a silver cloud!
Text without context is pretext If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him
after the U.S goes bankrupt and they're already there, Israel will turn China into its new patsy, except the chinese have no creed and can't have their arm twisted by fairy tales of a repuke con God descending on a silver cloud!
Yeah, that'll be a bit difficult since the Chinese government is atheist and hates and represses all forms of religion.
I do think that the Iranian president is a total nutter and needs to be removed from office as soon as possible.
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