Iran Claims Shootdown

An Iranian lawmaker announced that Iran shot down an American drone surveillance aircraft, "during the last few days" according to a report from Xinhua.

TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Iranian troops have shot down a U.S. pilotless spy plane recently, an Iranian lawmaker announced on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic was facing increasing military pressure from its arch rival — the United States.

The aircraft was brought down when it was trying to cross the borders "during the last few days," Seyed Nezam Mola Hoveizeh, a member of the parliament, was quoted by the local Fars News Agency as saying.

The semi-official Iranian news agency IMFULLOFIT, (not quite as well known as IRNA) provided this: "officially official photograph of the official shootdown of the officially high-tech US spyplane of the very latest design. Officially."

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