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Monday, January 16, 2017
Tehran drone escaped unharmed, likely belonged to hobbyist
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe drone shot at over Tehran escaped the city’s airspace without being shot down and likely belonged to a filmmaker or hobbyist, it has now emerged.
Gen. Alireza Elhami, deputy chief of Iran air defense headquarters, is quoted by the semi-official Fars news agency as saying the drone flew out of the restricted airspace once it came under fire.
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It still is not clear who owned the drone, which Tehran Governor Isa Farhadi described as a quadcopter. That suggests it may have been operated by a local hobbyist or aerial photographer rather than a foreign government. The purpose of its flight also wasn’t clear.
— AP
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