Iran Declared Extracting Complete Data from the Captured US Drone

Iran declared on 5 December 2012 that it had extracted data from the US intelligence drone which was caught spying on its military sites as well as oil terminals. Iran had declared on 4 December 2012 that the US spying drone was captured. US however put down the claim on the grounds that there were no evidences to support this assertion.

Iran had announced that it had captured the US ScanEagle drone which was found flying over the Gulf waters. The incident further highlighted the tensions in Gulf while Iran and US are attracting attention to the military capabilities in oil exporting regions in an argument over the disputed nuclear programme of Iran.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) declared that they had extracted the information from the drone completely. IRGC further also mentioned that this drone was spying and gathering the military information on transfer of oil from the petroleum terminals of Iran. The primary expert terminal of Iran is located at Kharg Island.