US Senator Chris Murphy criticized the decision by Donald Trump's administration to sell offensive drones to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, describing the move as creating an arms race in the region.
Executive Director of Human Rights Watch said that the US President Donald Trump plans to allow the sale of advanced armed drones to other nations and bypass part of an international weapons export control agreement that the United States helped forge more than three decades ago.
Iraqi local sources said on Tuesday that a US drone had crashed in Salah al-Din province in northern Baghdad.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman condemned the US attack on Iraqi forces and called the US to respect Iraq's sovereignty and territorial integrity."
The deputy head of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces(PMF), Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, stressed that the blood of the martyrs of the attack will not be wasted and the US forces in Iraq will receive a strong response.
US-made ScanEagle spy drone was shot near the Saudi border by the Yemeni armed forces as the spokesman for the Yemeni Armed Forces said on Friday.
The top commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), has emphasized that during eight years of imposed war the rock-solid determination of the Iranian nation overcame the determination of major world powers.
IRGC Aerospace Force Commander said that the shooting down of the US spy drone by IRGC neutralized ‘the shadow of war’ propaganda plan.
Referring to the overthrow of the US drone in the south of the country, Chief of General Staff of Iranian Armed Force said that Iran's deterrence power kept the US from taking any action after Iran shot down an American unmanned aerial vehicle.
Iran's Intelligence Minister said that the country is keen to have friendly ties with all nations, especially neighbors.