Turning belligerent, Iran has now demanded that US should apologize for sneaking a ‘spy’ drone into its territory, instead of asking for its plane back.
A spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry in a news conference stated on Tuesday, Dec., 13, 2011 that American President Barack Obama must make an apology for dispatching an unmanned ‘spy’ plane into Iran’s territory, rather than demanding it back after it was seized by Iran.
On Dec. 04, 2011 Iran announced that it had shot down a ‘spy’ plane in its eastern sector, near Afghanistan. Since then it has shown the downed plane on television and even declared that it is near to cracking the plane’s secret technology.
Just one day earlier (12 Dec) Obama speaking at a news conference informed that US has asked for the plane back and is waiting to see how Iranians would respond. Meanwhile, Iranian officials have made it amply clear they will not be returning the fallen drone.
Speaking on the contentious issue, Ramin Mehmanparast, Foreign Ministry spokesperson said at the same news meet, "It seems that (Obama) has forgotten that our air space was violated, a spying operation conducted and international law trampled."
According to Mehmanparast, instead of making an official apology for committing the offence, President Obama is demanding the plane back. He went on to add: “America must know that the violation of Iran's air space can endanger world peace and security."
Ahmad Vahidi, Iran’s Defense Minister told the official IRNA news agency that the downed US ‘spy’ drone is now the property of Iran. And they will decide what it wants to do in this matter.
Meanwhile, a resolution has been passed in Iran’s Parliament calling the drone incursion as being “evidence of international terrorism and a blatant violation of international law by the aggressor America." It goes on to state that Iran might even press for reparations from US. Already Iran has made a complaint before the UN Security Council about the incursion and urged the world body to take action and put an end to US ‘dangerous’ and ‘unlawful’ acts.
Initially, NATO's forces in Afghanistan stated that the plane which went missing could have been ‘Unarmed U.S. Reconnaissance Drone,’ on a mission over western Afghanistan.
However, sources in the know about the issue, informed Reuters in Washington that ‘the drone was on a surveillance mission over Iran.’ Will this drone affair now be the latest incident to add more fuel to the fire of tension between Iran and the West, with the latter accusing Iran of stocking piling and developing nuclear warheads, an accusation Iran rejects vehemently.
A spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry in a news conference stated on Tuesday, Dec., 13, 2011 that American President Barack Obama must make an apology for dispatching an unmanned ‘spy’ plane into Iran’s territory, rather than demanding it back after it was seized by Iran.
On Dec. 04, 2011 Iran announced that it had shot down a ‘spy’ plane in its eastern sector, near Afghanistan. Since then it has shown the downed plane on television and even declared that it is near to cracking the plane’s secret technology.
Just one day earlier (12 Dec) Obama speaking at a news conference informed that US has asked for the plane back and is waiting to see how Iranians would respond. Meanwhile, Iranian officials have made it amply clear they will not be returning the fallen drone.
Speaking on the contentious issue, Ramin Mehmanparast, Foreign Ministry spokesperson said at the same news meet, "It seems that (Obama) has forgotten that our air space was violated, a spying operation conducted and international law trampled."
According to Mehmanparast, instead of making an official apology for committing the offence, President Obama is demanding the plane back. He went on to add: “America must know that the violation of Iran's air space can endanger world peace and security."
Ahmad Vahidi, Iran’s Defense Minister told the official IRNA news agency that the downed US ‘spy’ drone is now the property of Iran. And they will decide what it wants to do in this matter.
Meanwhile, a resolution has been passed in Iran’s Parliament calling the drone incursion as being “evidence of international terrorism and a blatant violation of international law by the aggressor America." It goes on to state that Iran might even press for reparations from US. Already Iran has made a complaint before the UN Security Council about the incursion and urged the world body to take action and put an end to US ‘dangerous’ and ‘unlawful’ acts.
Initially, NATO's forces in Afghanistan stated that the plane which went missing could have been ‘Unarmed U.S. Reconnaissance Drone,’ on a mission over western Afghanistan.
However, sources in the know about the issue, informed Reuters in Washington that ‘the drone was on a surveillance mission over Iran.’ Will this drone affair now be the latest incident to add more fuel to the fire of tension between Iran and the West, with the latter accusing Iran of stocking piling and developing nuclear warheads, an accusation Iran rejects vehemently.
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