President Barack Obama promised his controversial nuclear deal with Iran would guarantee the world the best chance at peace.
Looks like no one informed the Iranian Republican Guard of that. In the latest in a series of embarrassing military flaps for the Obama administration, Iran admitted it recently flew a spy drone over a U.S. aircraft carrier and took “precise” photographs, Iranian state television reported Friday.
The reported drone overflight comes after a series of naval incidents between Iran and the U.S. in the greater Persian Gulf has heightens tensions in the region. The incidents include an allegedly illegal missile test by the Islamic Republic and its brief capture of American sailors who strayed into its territorial waters.
The report by state television said the drone flight occurred on the third day of the naval exercise, suggesting it happened Friday. Later, its website and the semi-official Fars news agency — which is close to Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard — published footage it said was of the drone’s flight.
The footage showed the drone launch and later hover above what appeared to be an aircraft carrier underway in a body of water. The footage zoomed into a row of fighter jets on the carrier’s deck. There were no identifying marks visible on the carrier. The Horn News could not independently verify the video’s authenticity.
Cmdr. Kevin Stephens, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet based in Bahrain, said an unarmed Iranian drone flew near the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and “directly over” the USS Harry S. Truman on Jan. 12 as the vessels were in international waters in the Persian Gulf.
Adm. Habibollah Sayyari, the commander of Iran’s navy, called the drone overflight and spy mission “a sign of bravery.”
It “allowed our men to go so close to the warship and shoot such a beautiful and accurate footage of the combat units of the foreign forces,” he told state television.
State television and the state-run IRNA news agency said an Iranian light submarine also participated in the surveillance operation. When asked about the submarine report, Stephens said “Iran has several submarines underway for its current exercise,” but declined to discuss specifics.
Separately, state television said Iran’s navy successfully fired surface-to-surface Noor cruise missiles during the drill at mock targets. Iran has announced other military exercises in the past to demonstrate the capabilities of its armed forces.
Iran’s navy began the naval drill this week over a 3-million-square-kilometer (1.16-million-square-mile) area including parts of the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean. Iran said Wednesday its navy warned a U.S. warship to leave an area of the naval drill.
The U.S. has criticized many of the Iranian naval maneuvers, including what it called a “highly provocative” Iranian rocket test fire in December near its warships and commercial traffic passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Earlier in January, Iranian forces captured and later released 10 U.S. Navy sailors who entered Iranian territorial waters near Farsi Island, an outpost in the middle of the Persian Gulf that has been used as a base for Revolutionary Guard speedboats since the 1980s.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
In the winter of 1981, Reagan should have initiated our Air Force to punish Iran for it’s hostage taking outrage. 35 years ago to today, it seems that Iran and the other petty bullies get away with pushing the U.S. around. This administration is the worst ever. It’s borderline treasonous as to how this administration gives Iran everything it wants and more. I wonder if this nonsense would be happening if the U.S. gave a strong military response to Iran 35 years back?
I HAVE NOT EVER VOTE FOR DEM.& DONT VOTE FOR MUSLIM
AGREE COMPLETELY.
The United States did give a strong response. Reagan’s buddy, Saddam invaded Iran and caused an incredible loss of life for both countries. Why do you think the US was virtually the only country to side with Iraq in that war? As for the spying, isn’t there someone in our prison for spying on us for Israel? Everyone seems to spy on everyone.
Rumor has it, there are secret plans in Pentagon files to invade virtually every nation on Earth. Not merely spy on, but invade. Other major countries are sure to have similar plans.
O.K. was smart on Iran´s part. The US military has secret forces on the border of Iran and does frequent drone overflights.
I am beginning to think that thehornnews.com is a CIA front that publishes carefully skewed info, instead of accurate info that contributes the honesty and civility.
drbhelthi you should have not published your picture you look like a terrorist..
Iran is a terrorist country and obummer gave them billions of dollars to continue their terrorism.
Evidently, Obama did not give Iran anything. He released Iranian bank accounts that have been frozen for some years, as part of sanctions.
why don’t they shoot down these drones as they have violated US space. No guts Obummer traitor.
amen
I AGREE
The article indicates the drone over-flights occurred in international waters. As they were unarmed, shooting them down would have been a violation of international law, and Iran would have been sure to start shooting down our drones.
Drones are probably next to impossible for radar defense systems to detect. I don’t think news of Iran using these to monitor the U.S. should come as a surprise. If we had a foreign military power off the American coast I would want our military monitoring it.
I’m sure the U.S. government is happy with the release of the drone footage. It gives them a way of monitoring the technological capabilities of a rogue nation.
Why spy? Just email hillary or obama. They would be more than happy to supply information to their muslim friends.
Dave you are 1,000% right.
You need to stop printing this foolishness and pretending that it’s news. Of course they’re spying on us-just like we’re spying on them. If you were them, wouldn’t you?
CAN YOU PROVE THAT STATEMENT?
Thank you,
now you are talking.
Thank You Obama for giving money to our enemies and your Muslim friends. They should of shot the drone down as they would if we had done the same thing to them.
Obama is not giving money to Iran, it was Iran’s money to start with. Britain also seized Iranian assets that were held over in the UK after the Revolution.
I cannot believe the navy is letting anything get close to carriers in the past anything closer than 500 yards was destroyed because the threat was unknown — another example of rules of engagement nonsense. What will be done about this if a carrier or other navy vessel is hit and hundreds if not thousands of sailors are killed . Will the American public finally realize we have incompetent idiots trying to play commander
Why don’t we leave decisions about military problems to our Military. Not Obama and the government. Our Generals and military people should be able to do whatever they feel necessary to keep us safe. Especially when drones are that close to us-they should have SHOT THEM DOWN. They were in our AIRSPACE
AGREED!!!
Israel, the cause of most of the problems in the Middle East, spyies on the US all the time. So why get upset about some little league spying by Iran while ignoring major league spying by Israel?
HERE’S WHAT I BELIEVE—
BARACK HUSSIN MOHAMMED OBAMA IS ALLOWING ALL THESE BAD DEALS WITH/AND FOR IRAN BECAUSE OF
” VALERIE JARRETT, ” WHO WAS BORN IN IRAN, IS HIS FIRST CHOICE ADVISER AND SHE HAS TOLD OBAMA
MAKE MY COUNTRY POWERFUL, THE MOST POWERFUL OF ALL THE SUROUNDING COUNTRIES—-STOP, THINK
ABOUT, WHAT IRAN HAS DONE, WHAT THEY WILL BEABLE TO DO OR WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE.
” QUESTION “, HAVE WE THE PEOPLE BEEN TOLD THE WHOLE TRUTH, NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP ME GOD OR HAVE WE REALLY BEEN LEFT OUT TO DRY OR JUST LEFT IN THE DARK?
YOU, AND ONLY YOU MUST DECIDE.
Everything Obama does is an embarrassment.
I guess the USA don’t spy on Iran. I lived in Tehran/Iran 1977 till 1980 before, during and after the Revolution. I was on a Contract from Britain working for the Iranian Military. They recruited out of England as the American contractors to the Military were quitting. The US had changed the Tax Free salary allowance, which no longer made it a profitable Job. The Brits pay no Taxes on money earned outside of the Country.
Well, again, to those who think Obama is telling the truth about HIS big DEAL with Iran, well, here is an example of what all of that, means, [lets give them what ever they want, or what ever he said]……, look, to and for all of you who fell in love with B.H. Obama, and ALL of his BS, as I, and so many others have said…….”Watch this dude, because he is not who or what you think he is”, and the day that things start to go to hell in the handbasket, and either your wife, sister or your child is raped or you are getting your head cut off, maybe then and yea, then, what we have been saying just maybe viewed as true, but it’s obvious until it is your azz in the “jack bag”, your still going with what Obama, Kerry and that bunch have been telling you, cause the Right is just so radical, and your so damm much smarter, because you do not ‘dip” an you do not drink “Bud Lite”, Well, will someone ask that guy who was running down the street, yea running for his life, because some one was wanting to cut his head off, with a sword, and that was in yea, California. So, can any one tell the rest of us, just what has gone wrong…….of course, we have again been “jacked up”, by our——no your President, with all of the biggest and the “BEST” Lies. So, as to what we think, as all hell breaks loose, it’s not really what’s going on it’s just a dream or something like that!
OBOZO IS NOTING BUT AN ASSHOLE, TRAITOR, MURDERER.AND A FILTHY MUSLIME!!!!
My goodness Marie. For whom can you possibly vote in November? The Republican candidates are pushing Judeo-Christian values. That will leave you out in the cold. It must be tough to be so filled with hatred, bigotry and fear. Well, if ignorance is bliss, I guess you must feel OK.
The left is funding evil-
Why can we give billions to iran when they wish us dead and building nukes!
But we have no money for a border fence and our precious vets!?
Explain this to me- leftist who are funding evil.
And we don’t try to monitor everything that Iran does? The United States government has long felt entitled to monitor all communications between non-citizens and for a decade or more they also feel entitled to violate our Constitutional rights and monitor our communications too. And you think it is surprising that Iran keeps an eye on US ships in its neighborhood?