Washington: United States has asked Iran to return an American surveillance drone that the Iranians say they captured on Dec. 4.
In his first public comment over the issue, President Obama on Monday said that the US had asked Iran to return the drone..
“We have asked for it back — we’ll see how the Iranians respond,” Mr. Obama said while responding a the question, “And speaking of Iran, are you concerned that it will be able to weaken America’s national security by discovering intelligence from the fallen drone that it captured?” in a brief press conference at White House.
Mr. Obama did not elaborate on the incident or on Iranian assertions that its forces had captured the drone through a digital attack on the aircraft’s avionics, which they say caused it to land safely inside northern Iran.
Last Thursday, the Iranian authorities showed the captured RQ-170 drone on television.
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