TEHRAN (Basieat): The US military’s insistence on defying international regulations cost them the loss of their high-altitude spy drone on Thursday, Lieutenant Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh said on Friday, adding that US’ RQ-4 Global Hawk was warned for several times before being shot down over Iranian airspace.

TEHRAN (Basirat): Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said shooting down on Thursday of a US drone by his forces had a straightforward message that any foreign intrusion into Iran’s sovereign territories would draw a crushing response.

TEHRAN (Basirat): Iran’s highest-ranking commander dismissed the US’ allegations against Iran in the wake of recent attacks on oil tankers, saying Iran has the courage, unlike the deceptive Americans, to carry out plans to block oil exports from the Persian Gulf overtly if it had such an intention.

TEHRAN (Basirat) : Iranian President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the US government’s wrong policies toward the Middle East in recent years, describing the current situation in the region’s war-torn nations as “clear examples” of such policies’ outcome.