General Salehi: US Reconnaissance Plane Departed 300 Kilometers Away From Iranian Maneuvers

Referring to Iran's military capabilities, commander of the Iranian Army Major General Ataollah Salehi declared that air-defense units shooed away a US military reconnaissance plane seeking to approach the Iranian Army's war-game zone.

"On Monday a US reconnaissance plane sought to approach our region but it left the area after receiving a prompt warning from the Army's air-defense (unit)," Salehi told the reporters on Tuesday

Moreover, Fars news agency reported that Salehi, and after success in shooting two surface-to-sea missiles, stated that one of the missiles was more advanced than the other, because it can be used without rocket launcher.

He pointed out that these maneuvers are a good chance to experiment military accomplishments.

About the message directed to the Western countries behind these maneuvers, General Salehi said, "Western countries navy's departure 300 to 400 Kilometers away from Iranian Maneuvers, which proves that the Islamic Republic is strict in defending its welfare."

In an answer to the reporters, he said, Americans declared that Iran's navy maneuvers are captivating, they followed this flattery manner because "we" exceeded on the international, political, military, and scientific level.

He also stated that the military navy forces are preserving and defining the Islamic Republic welfare in the Indian Ocean and Eden Gulf.

Salehi also clarified that a foreign trading ship went on fire last night (Tuesday) and the military helicopters saved its crew and carried the injured to a Mina inside Iran.