IRNA - Iranian Space Agency in a stance against the US sanctions on three organizations related to Iran space industry said in a statement that the US hostile actions will not disrupt Iran's space programs. This is a US effort to prevent developing countries and emerging countries fromtechnology breakthroughs in the field of space activities....

IRNA Iran believes that the outer space as humans common heritage should be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and in line with current and future generations interests, Iran envoy said. Addressing the 56th session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS), Irans ...

Iran claims it captured a US drone in its airspace, which the US denies. If true, Iran may have brought the drone down by jamming signals andreconfiguring its GPS coordinates. Iranclaims it captured aUnited Statesdrone in its airspace over thePersian Gulf, and though the US denies the downing of one of its intelligence-gathering drones, the claim ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The naval chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard claims Iranian forces had captured at least two other U.S. drones before unveiling a purportedly downed ScanEagle craft earlier this month. Monday's report by the official IRNA news agency does not say when the two other drones were allegedly taken. It quotes Adm. Ali Fadavi as ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A prominent Iranian lawmaker says Tehran has material evidence to prove that it has captured an American unmanned aircraft. The head of the Iranian parliament's defense committee Ismaeil Kowsari wouldn't specify what proof the Islamic Republic has to back up his claims. But he said Wednesday that Tehran will release more information ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A U.S. Navy spokesman says no American drones are missing in the Middle East following Iranian claims it had captured an unmanned American surveillance aircraft. Cmdr. Jason Salata, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, says all U.S. drones in the region are "fully accounted for." He also cast doubt on Iranian claims Tuesday ...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's prime minister says his country is unable to search all Syria-bound Iranian planes that fly through Iraqi airspace. But Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday that Iraq is committed to preventing weapons from being shipped through the country to Syria. U.S. officials have accused Baghdad of allowing Damascus' close ally Iran to transport ...

By Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has criticized neighboring Iraq for forcing a Syria-bound Iranian cargo plane to land for inspection in Baghdad to ensure it was not carrying weapons. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Iraq should not be influenced by anti-Iranian Western countries, adding that the search of two Iranian ...

By France 24 AFP -Iraq stopped and searched a Syria-bound Iranian cargo plane for weapons on Tuesday, but allowed it to continue as no prohibited items were found, Iraqi officials said. Washington has been pressuring Baghdad to ensure that all Iranian planes flying through its airspace are ordered to land and checked for weapons. This is the ...

By France 24 AFP -Iraq is determined to stop and search flights from Iran over its territory which are suspected of carrying weapons to Syria, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in comments reported on Sunday. "We have assured US officials that the Iraqi government is determined to land (Iranian) flights and carry out random searches," Zebari ...

The U.S. says it wants to negotiate with Iran, and at the same time it sends its UAVs to spy and collect sensitive information in Persian Gulf, Commander of the Basij paramilitary force of Iran, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi said, Mehr reported. "Iran's capture of UAV proves the barbaric nature of the U.S., that wants to cause instability ...

The drone Iran says it captured appears to be a U.S.-made ScanEagle, Pentagon spokesman George Little said, in a change from the initial U.S. rejection of the Iranian claim. While Iran said it extracted valuable data from the unmanned aerial vehicle, Little told reporters yesterday that it was highly improbable that useful intelligence could be gained ...

Iran has threatened international legal action against Washington over its alleged interception of a US spy drone. Tehran claims it has evidence of illegal spying on Irans nuclear program to present to an international court. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi announced on Tuesday that Tehran now has proof of the presence of US spy drones over ...

(Reuters) -Iranhas obtained data from a U.S. intelligence drone that shows it was spying on the country's military sites and oil terminals, Iranian media reported its armed forces as saying on Wednesday. Iranannounced on Tuesday that it had captured a ScanEagle drone belonging to the United States, but Washington said there was no evidence to support ...

The U.S. cannot hide the fact that Iran has captured one of its unmanned drones, Head of the IRGC's Public Relations Office General Ramadan Sharif said, Etemad newspaper reported. Sharif noted that the U.S. should consider re-counting the number of their drones, adding that Iranian specialists have recently managed to extract the data from the captured ...

Most of the actions in the US-Iran covert war remain mysterious and unclaimed until one side sees an advantagein shining light on an incident. Thats what Iran has done with the drone capture. Iranian claims and US denials thatIrancaptured an American reconnaissance drone flying over Iranian territory in recent days offers little in the way of clarity,...

TEHRAN: Iran's Revolutionary Guards are telling theUnited Statesto "recount" the drones in its fleet as they insist that -- despite US denials -- they captured a small US unmanned spy plane over Gulf waters, Iranian media said Wednesday. "Its capture is not an issue the Americans can easily refute," Guards spokesmanBrigadier General Ramezan Sharifwas ...

WASHINGTON - The United States has no evidence that Iranian claims that it captured a US drone are accurate, the White House said on Tuesday. "We have no evidence that the Iranian claims are true," White House spokesman Jay Carney said in response to a question at a briefing. A Navy spokesman said it had fully accounted for all unmanned aircraft ...

Iran's foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi said that the country can use the captured drone as an evidence against the U.S. in international courts, IRIB News reported. "We have repeatedly stated that if the U.S. continues its aggression against Iran, we will take proper action," Salehi noted. Iranian sources reported earlier that the IRGC shot down ...

Dec 4 (Reuters) -Irancaptured a U.S. drone that was flying in the country's airspace, its media reported on Tuesday. The ScanEagle drone was gathering information over Gulf waters and had entered Iranian airspace when it was captured by the naval unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), the Fars news agency reported, without giving details....