Iranian co. to send U.S. model of downed drone

This photo released on Dec. 8, 2011, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, claims to show US RQ-170 Sentinel drone which Tehran says its forces downed earlier this week, as the chief of the aerospace division of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, right, listens to an unidentified colonel, in an undisclosed location, Iran. (AP Photo/Sepahnews)

TEHRAN, Iran - State radio says an Iranian company is sending the United States a model of the American surveillance drone captured by the Islamic Republic.

Tuesday's report said the company will send the miniature of the RQ-170 Sentinel stealth drone to the Obama administration in response to a formal request from Washington last month asking Tehran to return the aircraft that went down over Iran in December.

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State radio said the model will be one eightieth the size of the original aircraft. The report says the company also plans to sell the models on the Iranian market for about 70,000 rials, or around $4.

The Iranian government has rejected Washington's request to return the drone, calling the aircraft's incursion of Iranian airspace an "invasion" and a "hostile act."

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by cheeksforus January 17, 2012 4:29 PM EST

These people want us and many others dead, I say the sooner we put them out of their misery the better we'll be and the better the world will be.

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by inketolstoy January 17, 2012 6:12 PM EST: Easy with the saber rattling cheeks. You do have to admit it is kind of funny. I wonder how much Chavez will pay for a working one to fly over Texas?


by jpdelondon January 18, 2012 7:02 AM EST: If you stay out of other people's lives and stop interfering in other countrie's affairs, perhaps, just perhaps others would not hit back at you. Nobody wants you dead, your US government machinery have brainwashed you all to think that everyone else outside your borders are your enemies and want you dead. Try to respect other nations and the world will be a better place. Better, get rid of your nuclear weapons and the world will still be a much better place.


by PourpaixPourpaix January 17, 2012 4:17 PM EST: Heeeee-heee-heeeeeeeehee-heeeee! Heeeee-heee-heeeeeeeehee-heeeee!
Can't wait to see the model sitting on Obama's desk next time he addresses the nation from the Oval Office.
Heeeee-heee-heeeeeeeehee-heeeee! Heeeee-heee-heeeeeeeehee-heeeee!; Reply to this comment

by ToadTipper4 January 17, 2012 3:05 PM EST

Perhaps we should retaliate by sending them a miniature nuclear balistic missle, fully equipped and ready to go when opened. No batteries required.

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by worldcitizen1 January 17, 2012 3:48 PM EST: Toad licker?


by jpdelondon January 18, 2012 6:56 AM EST: So, you violate a country's sovereign airspare, you spy on them, and then you want to bomb them just because your spy plane was caught and they refuse to return it back to you? The world looked at the US as a leading nation in the past, but today, you are a nation promoting war, troubles and instability wherever you guys go. Stay inside your borders and the world will be a better place!


by nineknot January 17, 2012 2:52 PM EST: Can i get one through ebay?; Reply to this comment


by nomealaska January 17, 2012 2:36 PM EST: Did we forget to say "pretty please"? For $4 each, can I have one too?; Reply to this comment

by jtdev1 January 17, 2012 1:36 PM EST

Wow, they have a sense of humor...

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by jpdelondon January 18, 2012 7:10 AM EST: Yes, they do. No brainers would think otherwise, like Black banana. Try to make better spy planes that can evade the enemy and you will avoid embarassing situations like this one. Watch out now for Iranian drones, made in China flying over US airspace! That will be very funny!