REUTERS - Iran's air
force shot down a drone in central Tehran on Friday as it approached the offices of
the president and the supreme leader, but the unmanned
aircraft later appeared
to have been operated by a film crew shooting aerial footage for a documentary.
ILNA news
agency quoted an unnamed source as saying that the drone was shot down as
"it approached the forbidden district" near the office of the supreme
leader.
The source
later explained that the drone belonged to a documentary-making team that had
permission to film but "unintentionally started moving it towards the
forbidden zone."
Pasteur Street
in central Tehran is highly secured as key government institutions are located
there.
The commander
of Tehran air defense forces said in August that the capital's airspace was
under full control and "no aircraft can enter it without permission."
REUTERS
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