Editor: Reuters and other foreign media be restricted by Iranian leaving the Office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. An undated picture received 8 December 2011 shows a member of the Iranian revolutionary guard (S) on the U.S. RQ-170 unmanned spy plane as a Commander speaks with Amirali Hajizadeh, revolutionary guard in an unknown location in Iran. The unmanned drone U.S., the who said on Sunday Iran, who had captured it, was so programmed that automatically return to the base even if your data connection was a big reason that U.S. officials say the drone likely malfunction lost, and was shot down by Iranian electronic warfare.
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WASHINGTON | Friday, 9 December 2011 6: 55 pm EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - the crash of a CIA drone in the Iran brought in the public domain, what US intelligence agencies prefer kept secret: intensive efforts in a country where the United States has no official presence, espionage.
Iran on Thursday aired with large polka recorded drone footage that appeared largely intact. Pentagon and CIA spokesman would not comment on, it the missing U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel was unmanned aircraft.
A person familiar the situation has been confirmed that the drone that crashed on a surveillance mission over the Iran.
It is believed due to a failure of and not is shot down or hacked by the Iranians, a U.S. official said crashed on condition of anonymity.
Although there are risks that could try Iran reverse engineering of the technology, or they sell to other countries such as China, believe US officials, that Iran not in the position I will experience the drone computer systems to information about the U.S. monitoring mission.
Monitoring of Iran through various means has years of U.S. and U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the situation say have been going on for.
A private U.S. defense expert, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that when he 2008 visited the command center at a U.S. military base in the Gulf region, was clear that the installation was given multiple feeds of electronic surveillance information out in the Iran.
Some of the information appeared in high-altitude aircraft and some by electronic sensors that had somehow installed the United States on the ground in the Iran be transferred the expert said.
The United States has no official presence in the Iran, it is difficult to determine exactly what on within its borders. A recent incident is still not fully resolved.
EXPLOSION IN ISFAHAN
On 28 November, it was on conflicting reports of Iran whether an explosion in the city of Isfahan have also home to a large nuclear site.
David Albright, President of the Institute for science and international security, said he has studied of the pictures of this area and no damage was detected nuclear at the location of Isfahan. But he said "it's credible there was an explosion, but not at the site nuclear."
He said, it was confusing that Iranians clearly said one explosion in the local rocket Depot two weeks ago was an accident, but no similar clarity of Isfahan. "We try to find out what really happened," he said.
"Explosions have happened in the Iran, and Iran is not a big deal of them make." They are either called it accident or they say does not happen, and when these things happen, it still secret services could play so there actually now sabotage are, "Said Albright."
In the previous November 12 incident said Iran that a massive explosion at a military base West of Tehran has killed 17 members of the elite Islamic revolutionary waking Corps, including the head of its missile program in an accident have been moved during weapons.
When unexplained events are apparently directed against nuclear program of Iran occur, questions were experts often whether American and Israeli intelligence agencies at work.
Iran has come also alleged covert operations against the West to light. The United States before recently a man accused of involvement in a plot of Iranian agents, arrested to kill Saudi of Arabia's Ambassador to Washington.
The US Government throws responsible Iraqi militias for the attacks on American troops in the Iraq also Iran of the arming and financing.
US officials seem to not be disturbed at least bits of mishaps to Iran's nuclear and missile programs computer virus containing the Stuxnet, attacked at the site of Natanz nuclear centrifuges.
An official U.S. said "whether because of technical difficulties, incompetence or for other reasons, some setbacks to Iran's activities are welcome,", on condition of anonymity.
(Additional reporting by Mark trousers ball;) Writing by Tabassum Zakaria. (Editing by Warren Strobel)
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