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In a key speech from National Defense University in Washington, U-S President Barack Obama defended assassination drone strikes on Muslim countries as a just war. He outlined a newer standard of deadly drone strikes being carried out in several Muslim countries including Yemen and Pakistan. Obama stayed persistent on a commitment to the so called war on terror that began under former president George W Bush. The United States is under international pressure to halt its deadly drone strikes. But U-S president Barack Obama defied the pressure and defended the drone attacks. Obama said his administration\'s policy of targeted killings by drones is legal, effective and just. Our correspondent in Washington Colin Cambel has the story.

A prominent political commentator says that Obama is embarrassing himself as he pleas for the return of the US spy-drone which was taken down by the Iranian Army's electronic warfare unit. Press TV has conducted an interview with Nader Mokhtari, columnist and political commentator, to further discuss the issue.

A must watch clip that puts it all in context. - Who can dare to destroy an American spy drone with a missile? - How is it possible for the so-called superpower to not strike back? - It was a stealth drone, how was it detected by an Iranian radar system? - How can a comparatively old and obsolete technology missile be so precise to destroy a latest technology drone? You will find answers to many such questions in 5 minutes of this talk by Dr. Hasan Abbasi. #MustWatch #MustShare

Iran\'s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has captured a US ScanEagle drone over the Persian Gulf waters upon its intrusion into the Iranian airspace. IRGC Navy Commander Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi made the announcement on Tuesday, adding that the Iranian armed forces enjoy full intelligence command over foreign movements in the Persian Gulf region. Referring to the captured ScanEagle drone, the Iranian commander pointed out, \"Such drones are usually launched from large aircraft carriers.\" The ScanEagle drone, which has a 10ft (3m) wingspan, is a long-endurance aircraft built by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing.Iran has released footage of the captured drone. Follow our Facebook on: https://www.facebook.com/presstvchannel Follow our Twitter on: http://twitter.com/presstv

Putting the cart before the horse. That's what the Iranian officials are calling this latest gambit by the tech-savvy US administration - a formal request by the US President Obama for the return of the US spying drone captured by Iranian armed forces.

***MORE DETAILS*** The Iranian Intelligence Ministry says a dismantled espionage ring affiliated to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had not achieved its goals in Iran. Heidar Moslehi told Press TV on Sunday that the ministry managed to bust the CIA espionage network with the cooperation of the Iranian people, IRNA reported. He said that the ministry's proper planning prevented the spy network to achieve its goals, adding, “The most important outcome of our operation was that the United States did not accomplish its objectives in the Islamic Republic.” The Islamic Republic announced on Saturday that 30 individual have been arrested on charges of sabotage and spying for the US and 42 CIA operatives were identified in connection with the network. The Iranian intelligence minister stated that the spy-ring was directly taking orders from the CIA, saying that it was headed and operated by top field agents working for the US spy agency. According to a statement issued by Iran's Intelligence Ministry on Saturday, the network, which was set up by a considerable number of seasoned CIA operatives in several countries, attempted to trick citizens into spying for them under the guise of issuing visa, helping with permanent residency, and making job and study offers. The CIA operatives had gathered information from "universities and scientific research centers, and in the field of nuclear energy, aerospace, defense and biotechnology industries," part of the statement read. The spies had also gathered detailed information about the "oil and gas pipelines, telecommunication and electricity networks, airports and customs, the security of the banking and communication systems," by using "US embassies and consulates in several countries particularly "the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Malaysia." http://www.presstv.ir/detail/181247.html

Romney: "Obama was extraordinarily weak and timid in a critical moment. I find it incomprehensible that he didn't destroy it or go get it. I think destroying it would have been a good deal easier. Destroy it immediately or go get it."

US remains silent on downed spy drone - English

[04 June 2012] 'Pakistan under pressure to give into US demand' - English Washington has been using drones in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia and claims that it is targeting militants, but civilians are the main victims of the attacks. Figures show that the American drone strikes killed at least 212 people in Yemen and Pakistan in the month of May. The aerial attacks were initiated by former US President George W. Bush but have escalated under President Barack Obama. Press TV has conducted an interview with Naveed Ahmad, defense and diplomacy analyst from Islamabad, to further discuss the issue.

[04 Dec 2012] Little known about IRGC capabilities: Iran on US Spy drone capture - English

[24 Aug 2014] IRGC releases first pictures of Israeli spy drone shot down - English

Ansarullah, Yemeni forces force down spy drone in Sa’ada

[29 August 2016] US spy drone repelled before entering Iran airspace | Press TV English

[20 Jan 2013] Obama drone strikes are mass murders - English

Press TV has conducted an interview with Tighe Barry, a political activist and member of CODEPINK from Washington. Follow our Facebook on: https://www.facebook.com/presstv Follow our Twitter on: http://twitter.com/presstv Follow our Tumblr on: http://presstvchannel.tumblr.com

Iran releases pictures of downed Israeli ‘Hermes’ Stealth Spy Drone

[08 Feb 2013] Obama continues to expand drone wars: Hisham Jaber - English

[01 Apr 2014] US drone victims in Yemen fight back - English

Washington\'s controversial drone attacks in Pakistan\'s tribal regions are back in the spotlight. This, after a UN official said the US airstrikes have killed a large number of civilians there over the past years. The UN has called on the US to reveal the number of civilian casualties caused by its drone strikes.

[30 May 2012] Obama Kill List-News Analysis - English US assassination drone attacks: controversial, and against international law. It's been branded as targeted killings, not that the targets (should be targeting) have been successful: In Pakistan: a 10 to 1 ratio: That's 10 civilians killed for every militant. And after the US president admitted for the first time this past year that the US was involved, now news has surfaced of his direct involvement: In this news analysis, we will examine this controversial program, and whether his direct involvement as the decision maker makes him a war criminal

President Obama\'s speech on counter-terrorism: His first major speech during his second term, in which for the first time he went into details and defended the drone assassination program. In this edition of the show we will be discussing the facts behind the assassination drone strikes, why Obama has decided to limit the number of these strikes, and more importantly, why he has come out at this point in time and said that \"perpetual war will prove self-defeating\".

An israeli military drone has crashed in the north of the besieged Gaza Strip. A security source from Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, says the movement has captured an Israeli drone that was flying over east Jabalia. He did not give further details. Hamas\' military wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades on its Twitter account has claimed responsibility for shooting down \"an Israeli mini-drone.\" Tel Aviv has denied this. The Israeli army says a \"skylark\" tactical mini-drone crashed in the Gaza Strip due to a malfunction. Israel occasionally carries out drone attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip that have at times claimed lives.

Iran has released video footage of the most advanced US reconnaissance drone which was downed by the Iranian Army in the eastern part of the Islamic Republic earlier this week.

بازتاب گسترده رمزگشایی پهپاد آمریکایی American Drone Decoding - Farsi

[14 Oct 2014] US intensifies drone strikes in Pakistan - English

A CIA spy recently detained in the Islamic Republic has confessed to having been on a mission to infiltrate the Iranian Intelligence Ministry. According to Press TV, in a televised confession, broadcast on the Iranian television on Sunday night, the operative, named Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, said he joined the US Army in 2001 and underwent decade-long intelligence training. He added that he was sent to the US-run Bagram Air Base in eastern Afghanistan and given access to classified intelligence before flying to Tehran. Hekmati of Iranian origin, who was born in the southwestern US state of Arizona, said he intended to win the confidence of the Iranian intelligence apparatus with the information he had been given by the agency. He said, "It was CIA's plan to first burn some useful information, give it to them (the Iranians) and let Iran's Intelligence Ministry think that this is good material". Iran says its networks, tasked with monitoring the activities in the Bagram base, had learned about Hekmati there and thwarted the operation. This is not the first time Iran has arrested CIA spies. On May 30, members of a CIA espionage and sabotage network were arrested by the Iranian Intelligence Ministry.

U-S President Barack Obama has told Congress his country should not impose new sanctions on Iran if it is serious in negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear energy program. Obama-- who has been speaking to reporters in his last press briefing of the year-- has refreshed his warnings that any new sanctions against Iran could derail the current diplomatic efforts to resolve the differences with Iran. Obama says he understands why some U-S lawmakers want to \\\"look tough\\\" on Iran. But he says the U-S must give diplomacy a chance. Obama has further repeated threats that the U-S keeps all options on the table regarding Iran if it fails to comply to the terms of the nuclear deal that Tehran signed with the permanent members of the U-N Security Council plus Germany last month. Obama says any alternative to the path of diplomacy toward Iran would have unintended consequences for the US. And he added that it would be in the interests of the American people to resolve the Iran issue diplomatically. Obama\\\'s remarks come a day after Congress put a bill on the floor to slap new sanctions on Iran if it breaches the terms of the nuclear deal reached in Geneva last month. The new sanctions would also force the U-S administration to support Israel militarily, diplomatically, and economically in the event Tel Aviv decided to launch an attack on Iran\\\'s nuclear sites.

US DRONE HACKED BY IRANIAN CYBER REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS.