Second in command of the Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps Brigadier General Hossein Salami said on Tuesday that the Israeli spy drone Hermes could not have taken off from Israel.
Irael’s
Hermes spy drone was downed by IRGC Air Force while flying over Iran’s Natanz
nuclear facility on Sunday.
Salami
said that the downed UAV cannot have flown straight from Israel due to its
mileage per fuel tank, adding, "We are aware of its approximate take-off spot
but will not make any judgment for now.”
He added
that the drone had been followed right from the time it entered Iran’s airspace
and was allowed to go on in order to understand its mission.
The IRGC
second in command also said that Iran has no need to use the drone as a reverse
engineering model.
He then
asserted that Iran’s response to Israel’s action in sending the drone over its
territorial airspace will not be diplomatic.
"We
will respond in the field,” he stated.