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| Iran 'shoots down Israeli drone' near Natanz | |
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| Iran says it has shot down an Israeli drone near the Natanz nuclear enrichment site. | Iran says it has shot down an Israeli drone near the Natanz nuclear enrichment site. |
| The Revolutionary Guards said they fired the missile as the stealth drone approached the area, 300 km (185 miles) from the capital Tehran. | The Revolutionary Guards said they fired the missile as the stealth drone approached the area, 300 km (185 miles) from the capital Tehran. |
| The claims could not be independently confirmed. The statement did not say when the drone was brought down, nor how the Guards knew it was Israeli. | |
| World powers are currently negotiating with Iran over its nuclear programme. | |
| Tehran insists it wants to keep its nuclear capabilities for peaceful purposes, but critics - including many in Israel - say this is a front for producing nuclear weapons. | |
| In the past, Israel has frequently threatened to attack Iran's nuclear plants. | |
| Natanz is the country's main uranium enrichment site, and contains more than 16,000 centrifuges. |