Obama asks Iranians to return drone

US President Barack Obama has requested the Iranian authorities to return the RQ-170 drone at a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, ITAR-TASS reports.

Obama did not clarify details of the crash or the drone’s mission.

Iranian media said on December 4 that the drone had been shot down. The drone violated the eastern border, a video record was made. The aircraft was found 225 km away from the border of Afghanistan. A US spokesman said on December 5 that there is no evidence about the drone being shot down. The ISAF said that the drone was on a mission in Afghanistan.

General Husein Salami, Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, said that they will not return the drone to Washington.