Said the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) said the plane without a pilot, which, according to Iranian media that it has dropped in eastern Iran, "may be" U.S. aircraft lost during a mission in western Afghanistan. U.S. official also confirmed the absence of any evidence that the Iranians shot down this plane.
The ISAF - in a statement Sunday - said the plane "can be a drone U.S. drone was flying a mission over western Afghanistan late last week (weekend), and the operators of aircraft control and were working to identify and place."
The statement was issued in Kabul and distributed to journalists covering international conference on Afghanistan in Bonn, Germany.
On the other hand, Reuters quoted a U.S. official on condition of anonymity, saying he "does not exist yet at all for any indication that the Iranians had shot down the plane."
The Iranian media has confirmed that the army shot down Iranian drone aircraft to the U.S. military inside Iran near the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
According to Fars News Agency - close to the Revolutionary Guards in charge of air defense systems and ballistic missiles in the country - that the drone violated Iranian airspace from the east.
The agency quoted a military source was not immediately identified as saying that "Our air and electronic warfare units, we have been able to monitor and shoot down an unmanned spy advanced Q-R-170, a remote area of the eastern border violation."
The source added that the drone had been damaged slightly, and came under the control of Iranian forces.
He threatened that the source of the Iranian military response, "not only on the borders of our country", describing the incident as a "blatant violation of our territory."
Did not broadcast any of the media reports said that pictures of the plane immediately supposed to bring them down.
And aircraft - one of the R-Q-170 Sentinel - The surveillance aircraft without a pilot and fly at high altitudes, have revealed specialized military patrols and presence in 2009, the U.S. Air Force did not refer to it only in 2010.
Source: Agencies
