TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps says it is holding to 2 U.S. surveillance aircrafts it has shot down over the Persian Gulf.

Fars news agency has previously quoted a senior IRGC commander as saying Iran had shot down two unmanned U.S. reconnaissance drone aircrafts over the Persian Gulf.
“Now, we have these airplanes and we will show them at an appropriate time in the future,” Fars quoted IRGC Navy Commander Ali Fadavi as saying on Saturday.
Fadavi said that these aircrafts are U.S. most modern reconnaissance drones and can take off from aircraft carriers easily because they are very small.
He said the United States, which regards itself as a superpower, is reluctant to admit Iran downed its surveillance aircrafts.
Pentagon, in response to Iran’s announcement, rejected that two of its aircrafts have been shot down by Iran but said some of its aircrafts crashed due to some malfunctions.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Fadavi said the IRGC Navy monitors foreign warships sailing in the Persian Gulf and crossing the Strait of Hormuz.
He said all foreign battleships and aircraft carriers are being monitored with electronic systems as well as the IRGC Navy patrol officers