Iran Says US Drone Came Down 4 Miles Inside Its Territory: Russia Backs Iran

On Wednesday Iran’s military put forward a detailed claim of the US drone’s location it shot down last Thursday, which nearly resulted in a major American attack on the country.

The head of the Iranian Armed Forces’ Geographical Organization, Brig. Gen. Majid Fakhri, was cited as saying by the semi-official Tasnim news agency that the drone wreckage was found four miles inside Iran’s territorial waters.

“After the shooting down of the drone, initial actions were taken and its location was identified,” Gen. Fakhri said, and added, “The drone was definitely in the waters of Iran as reports show that it was four miles or more than seven kilometers inside the Iranian territorial waters.”

As reported by Bloomberg, Russia is officially backing Iran’s version of events and highly critical of the latest set of US sanctions levied against Khamenei:

Russia, with deep political and economic ties to Iran, has denounced U.S. efforts to raise pressure on Iran and this week backed Tehran’s account of the downing of the U.S. drone. In comments Wednesday, a top Foreign Ministry official in Moscow said hopes for a diplomatic solution to the crisis were fading after the penalties imposed on Khamenei.

“There is a very narrow window left because this is an absolutely insulting step for intergovernmental relations. But hope dies last,” special envoy Zamir Kabulov told reporters.

“Iran will never be alone if, God forbid, the U.S. ever takes absolutely crazy and irresponsible actions against it,” he said. “Not only Russia, but many countries sympathize with Iran.”

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