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8 December 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 17:50 GMT<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The BBC’s James Reynolds says the video appears to support Iran’s claims<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Iranian TV has shown the first video footage of an advanced US drone aircraft that Tehran says it downed near the Afghan border.<\/p>\n

Images show Iranian military officials inspecting the RQ-170 Sentinel stealth aircraft which appears to be undamaged.<\/p>\n

US officials have acknowledged the loss of the unmanned plane, saying it had malfunctioned.<\/p>\n

However, Iranian officials say its forces electronically hijacked the drone and steered it to the ground.<\/p>\n

BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner says the intact condition of the Sentinel tends to support their claim.<\/p>\n

Iran’s Press TV said that the Iranian army’s “electronic warfare unit” brought down the drone on 4 December as it was flying over the city of Kashmar, about 140 miles (225km) from the Afghan border.<\/p>\n

Nato said at the weekend that an unarmed reconnaissance aircraft had been flying a mission over western Afghanistan late last week when its operators lost control of it.<\/p>\n

Pentagon officials have said they are concerned about Iran possibly acquiring information about the technology.<\/p>\n

Iranian media said on Thursday that the foreign ministry had summoned the Swiss envoy to express its “strongest protest over the invasion of a US spy drone deep into its airspace”.<\/p>\n

Washington has no diplomatic relations with Iran and US affairs in the country are dealt with via the Swiss embassy in Tehran.<\/p>\n

A statement said the ministry had asked for an immediate explanation and had demanded compensation from Washington.<\/p>\n

A report in The New York Times on Thursday said the “stealth” drone had been part of a US surveillance programme mapping Iran’s suspected nuclear sites.<\/p>\n

The US and its allies suspect Iran of secretly trying to build a nuclear weapon – something Tehran strongly denies.<\/p>\n

A recent report by the UN’s nuclear watchdog said Iran had carried out tests “relevant to the development of a nuclear device”.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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