PressTV: US Maintains Silence on Downed Drone!

The US and CIA continue to remain silent and refuse to adopt an official position more than 48 hours after Iran unveiled the American spy drone downed by the Iranian military. The US RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft was downed, with minimal damage, by the Iranian Army's electronic warfare unit on Sunday, December 4, when flying over the Iranian city of Kashmar, some 140 miles from the Afghan border. On December 6, two US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the drone had been part of a CIA reconnaissance mission, involving the United State's intelligence community stationed in Afghanistan. Iran's envoy to the UN, Mohammad Khazaei called on the world body on Thursday to condemn the United States' violation of Iranian airspace, saying that the drone was flying 250 kilometers inside Iranian territory when it was forced down. Iran's Foreign Ministry summoned the Swiss ambassador, Livia Leu Agosti, whose embassy serves the US interests in Tehran, on Thursday to convey Iran's serious protest against violation of its airspace by the US spy drone. The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned the Afghan envoy to Tehran, Obeidollah Abid, calling for an immediate explanation from Kabul incident.