Iran's air force has been ordered to shoot down any unknown or suspicious flying objects in Iran's airspace, an air force spokesman said yesterday, amid state-media reports of sightings of flying objects near Iran's nuclear installations.
Haaretz article
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"Flights of unknown objects in [Iran's] airspace have increased in recent weeks... [they] have been seen over Bushehr and Isfahan provinces," the Resalat daily reported yesterday. There are nuclear facilities in both provinces.
The timing of the reported increase in sightings, coming as the United States is urging allies to confront Iran over its nuclear program, has strengthened Iranian public perceptions that the objects are surveillance or hostile aircrafts monitoring Iran.
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The daily Resalat had reported that "shining objects" in the sky were seen near Natanz, where Iran's uranium enrichment plant is located, noting that one had exploded, causing "panic in the region."
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