Iranian MPs Voice Support for IRGC’s Downing of US Drone
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian lawmakers, in a statement on Sunday, voiced their full support for a recent move by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) to shoot down a US spy drone that violated the country’s airspace.
“…The downing of the American drone, the most advanced weaponry of that (world) power, upset the equations of psychological warfare,” the Iranian MPs said in the statement read out during an open session of the parliament on Sunday.
“No other aggressive aircraft is capable of entering Iran’s sky,” the statement read, adding that even the world’s top military analysts have acknowledged “this great dignity” of the Islamic Republic.
The lawmakers further voiced support for the IRGC move to shoot down the US drone and urged the US and its allies not to repeat their past wrongdoings and admit Iran’s power.
The IRGC said on Thursday that a US spy drone that violated the Iranian territorial airspace in the early hours of the day was shot down by the IRGC Aerospace Force’s air defense unit near the Kooh-e-Mobarak region in the southern province of Hormozgan.
The intruding drone was reportedly shot by Iran’s homegrown air defense missile system “Khordad-3rd”.
In comments made a few hours after the incident, IRGC Commander Major General Hossein Salami said the shooting down of the US aircraft had a straightforward message that any foreign intrusion into Iran’s sovereign territories would draw a crushing response.
“The downing of the US drone had an explicit, decisive and clear message that defenders of the Islamic Iran’s borders will show decisive and knockout reactions to aggression against this territory by any alien,” he said.
“Borders are our redline, and any enemy violating these borders will not go back,” the commander underlined.
He also made it clear that Iran is not seeking war with any country but is fully prepared for any confrontation. “Today’s incident was a clear sign of such a precise message.”
The general also reminded the enemies that the only way for them to remain safe is to respect Iran’s territorial integrity, national security and vital interests.
