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Iran claims capture of US drone

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    David Lee Miller reports from Jerusalem

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The navy says it all US drones are indeed accounted for.

Now Ryan claimed that a shot one down last year and Iran fired on an unmanned US drone in the golf just late last month.

There is a history have David Lee Miller is live in our Middle East -- what more do we know about.

This claim and this -- vividly.

-- -- is -- showing off what it claims is it going manufactured scan eagle drone the navy chief for the revolutionary guard in -- -- says the this is the word he used the intruding drone was caught apparently after taking off from an aircraft carrier Iran state television says it was captured.

And the pictures you're looking at which are Iran's state TV.

May have some analysts on this weaknesses from the English language Iranian state television.

State television says and I quote it was on a mission over the Persian gulf in the past few days and as you mention of all this does sound familiar.

What's interesting here is the timing was almost a year -- to the day that Iran claimed to have shut down.

The CIA drone Washington asked for it back Iran says it recovered secret data and just last month.

Iran claim that a drone violated air space the Pentagon said -- shot it twice.

It was not hit.

And that the -- in question was in international waters so Iran though has a history of making claims that can prove.

Are true when it comes to capturing the rest room that it is David laid out what is the US navy's position on this what -- -- -- The Department of Defense wasted no time saying that they do not have any missing drones.

In his statement they -- and I quote the US navy has fully accounted for all unmanned aircraft vehicles operating in the Middle East.

Our operations in the gulf are confined to internationally recognized water and space.

To the question is how then might this US -- have it ended up in the hands of the -- -- well it's possible they found it awhile ago in the C.

Navy other navies is -- Eagles have been lost in the water but.

Nothing recently and one other thing worth noting if you take a look at this video built off in the distance on the on the map there's some some -- -- and there's some English.

The English says we.

Show trampled on the US this is a quote attributed to Ayatollah Khomeini.

And he is of course -- -- leader of the 1979 Iran in revolution the bottom line here I guess you could say Iran is trying to squeeze out every ounce of propaganda.

From what it claims -- they captured US -- -- -- more in the next few hours right.

We shall do that when there -- headlines the Middle East we'll bring you back David -- and also working our sources.

At the Pentagon here stateside thank you David -- Martha.

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