Posted on 08/28/2005 3:23:54 PM PDT by DoctorZIn
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Drone crashes in Iran
An unmanned single-engined plane has crashed in a mountainous area of western Iran and the wreckage has been recovered by the Iranian armed forces.
It was not clear if the plane was Iranian or foreign, although the influential Kayhan newspaper pointed out that "usually these sort of planes are used for spying on other countries".
The reports quoted Ali Asgar Ahmadi, deputy head of security in the interior ministry, as saying the plane went down on Thursday in the Alashtar mountains near the city of Khorramabad, the capital of Lorestan province, 350 kilometres (220 miles) southwest of Tehran.
The hardline Kayhan newspaper said that as soon as the plane crashed, police sealed off the area -- just 150 kilometres from the border with Iraq -- and "a group of experts from Kermanshahr airbase went to examine the fuselage".
"It is under investigation," a local official quoted as saying.
No further details were given.
Earlier this year the former intelligence minister Ali Yunessi confirmed the presence of "American spying instruments" in the skies over Iran and warned that they would be targeted by the military.
"Americans have been conducting spying activities in the Iranian sky for a long time," he said in February.
US media reports earlier this year also said the United States has been flying drones over Iran since April 2004, seeking evidence to back up its claims that Iran is working on nuclear weapons and probing for weaknesses in Iran's air defences.
The administration of US President George W. Bush has refused to rule out possible military action over Iran's nuclear activities, charging that its efforts to develop nuclear fuel are a cover for an atomic weapons program
- Haaretz reported the latest rockets fired from Lebanon are Iranian-made Fajr 3 models, marking the first time shells imported from Iran were used against Israel.
- The Scotsman reported that Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said his country would not support any military action against Iran.
- The Committee to Protect Bloggers has a petition calling on Iran to free Iranian blogger, Mojtaba Saminejad!
- Nooredin Abedian, Jewish Journal reported on Iran's New Export - Suicide Bombers.
- Dow Jones Newswires reported that Russia believes the format in which the EU3 has been negotiating with Iran "has proved its usefulness."
- Islamic Republic News Agency reported that an Iranian daily here Saturday questioned the role of Britain, Germany and France in Iran's nuclear issue saying: The negotiations ought to be between Iran and the IAEA governing board that represents all its member states.
- And finally, Sean Penn, The San Francisco Chronicle, a conversation with an Iranian student not afraid to mock the mullahs.
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I didn't even know Al Franken was in Iran!
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Memo to the mullahs - Clock's ticking.
Iran, Cuba call for expansion of mutual cooperation
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0508281530194738.htm
Are the mullahs and the revolutionary guard hearing footsteps. I hope so.
Why am I underwhelmed?
"Americans have been conducting spying activities in the Iranian sky for a long time,"
Im shocked!
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