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Is Iran's new drone really an Israeli aircraft?
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel News, Iran, IAI 

Iranian state-run news agency Press TV ran a story on its website this week praising the unveiling of an Iranian-made drone, that according to the Israeli daily Maariv bears a striking resemblance to an earlier photo taken in Israel of an Israeli-made drone.

In an article run this week on the Maariv website, the photo used by Press TV of the Iranian drone is shown above a remarkably similar photo from Israel Aerospace Industries of the Heron 1 Israeli drone. The two photos appear to be exactly the same, with the angle of the shot and the clouds in the background identical in appearance.



Weighing in at well over a ton, the Israeli-made "Heron" drone is one of the largest UAVs in the world, at over 9 meters long with a wingspan of nearly 17 meters. It is intended for use in long-range tactical missions and can fly for over 30 hours at an altitude of over 6 miles.

Iran's Press TV says the drone will be unveiled during a ceremony in the northern city of Gorgan.

Last year, Iran publicized the launch of missiles they said were capable of hitting Israel. After the test, an image surfaced in all the major media outlets, depicting four missiles being fired simultaneously, an image that quickly raised suspicions that it had been doctored.

The French news agency Agence France-Presse, which originally obtained the image from the Sepah News Web site owned by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, later retracted the photo and replaced it with an image containing only three missiles.

The Associated Press also distributed a photo that appeared to be almost identical to the one displaying four missiles, without the fourth missile.

Also, this past November Israeli analysts told Haaretz that Iran has failed to launch a missile into orbit despite its claims to the contrary.

By Saturday, Press TV had removed the caption that said "An Iranian drone" beneath the picture.
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  1.   too funny 19:35  |  vik 17/04/09
  2.   Sue The Bastards 19:36  |  Jeff Northridge 17/04/09
  3.   What is really amusing 20:44  |  Arie 17/04/09
  4.   Drone Similarity 21:14  |  Evan of Australia 17/04/09
  5.   same picture 21:40  |  bob smith 17/04/09
  6.   Iran Army is Full of Dumb Asses 23:23  |  Indian Hindu 17/04/09
  7.   Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery 23:25  |  Raymond in DC 17/04/09
  8.   #3 23:26  |  Andrew 17/04/09
  9.   Islam and its result 23:49  |  Israel Chai Indian 17/04/09
  10.   #Evan of Australia. The Iranian homemade Drone... 00:07  |  Maureen Ann 18/04/09
  11.   Maybe Israel was the copycat? 00:33  |  Natallie Durson 18/04/09
  12.   #6 00:38  |  Dani 18/04/09
  13.   Man, they play you guys like a fiddle... 00:45  |  BBSNews 18/04/09
  14.   Israel sells drones to Russia, Russia sells them to Iran 00:58  |  Just Great 18/04/09
  15.   Israeli (Ooops US) Drone Copied by Iran? 01:19  |  Robert 18/04/09
  16.   India Hindu 01:22  |  Taghayee 18/04/09
  17.   Iranien Drone? 01:26  |  Simon 18/04/09
  18.   hillarious but just a misfortune 01:40  |  Jafar A 18/04/09
  19.   Cloning the clouds as well !!! 01:51  |  Mike 18/04/09
  20.   Hello....Photo Op. 02:02  |  Stephen. 18/04/09
  21.   bbsnews 02:36  |  israelette 18/04/09
  22.   It`s called the Schnook I 03:48  |  Anonymous 18/04/09
  23.   Correcting Robert`s disinformation 04:01  |  Stephen in New York 18/04/09
  24.   Iranian drone 04:07  |  Iamashamed 18/04/09
  25.   Does it matter? Iran has drones. So what? 04:10  |  Lou Medel 18/04/09
  26.   Pathetic 04:11  |  Connor 18/04/09
  27.   Hindu is out of cage from Dubai 04:57  |  Wiseman 18/04/09
  28.   I like the Iranian doctored photo of the missile launch better 05:33  |  Mark Leaman 18/04/09
  29.   Iran creates an Israeli cloud formation 07:19  |  Dan 18/04/09
  30.   together is one Pic 07:30  |  payam 18/04/09
  31.   Dan in Haifa 08:16  |  Persian Kitty 18/04/09
  32.   iranian drone pic was a mistake 08:24  |  bigj 18/04/09
  33.   #30 - g-u 08:43  |  JES 18/04/09
  34.   #30 - Here you go g-u 08:48  |  JES 18/04/09
  35.   Good one 08:55  |  Sa 18/04/09
  36.   Durson#10 09:27  |  bekkie 18/04/09
  37.   Faces of iran 09:46  |  Johnny 18/04/09
  38.   Who says this is a photo of an Iranian drone? 10:29  |  JustMe 18/04/09
  39.   Just a picture... Iranian drone not released yet 10:44  |  Edward 18/04/09
  40.   So why is Israel in fear of Iran afterall? 10:57  |  jack Wilson 18/04/09
  41.   don`t make an a55 of yourself 11:19  |  Jack Wilson 18/04/09
  42.   Drones /clouds # 18 11:31  |  Evan of Australia 18/04/09
  43.   No one could be that dumb,not even the Iranian Mullahs. 12:54  |  Tony Chiew 18/04/09
  44.   Israel has the strongest constitution 13:02  |  jacques 18/04/09
  45.   Iranian drone 13:07  |  Witness 18/04/09
  46.   #14 Robert try reading the article again to get the point 15:24  |  Eldad 18/04/09
  47.   Natallie, Re: Copycat 15:37  |  Gideon 18/04/09
  48.   Iran... psssh 15:44  |  Lev 18/04/09
  49.   To #4 Indian Hindu 15:52  |  Hertzel 18/04/09
  50.   Well, that headline is an easy one to answer 15:55  |  Johnboy 18/04/09
  51.   Photoshop 16:55  |  BazMann 18/04/09
  52.   Medel: "Does it matter" 18:04  |  Christopher 18/04/09
  53.   Christopher 02:20  |  Persian Kitty 19/04/09
  54.   Hypocrisy 20:15  |  Barton 19/04/09
  55.   Hillarious 17:31  |  UsedToPostHere 20/04/09
  56.   Whose drone is it? 17:22  |  Anna 22/04/09
  57.   Israeli copycat? No. 20:16  |  Ed Blond 22/04/09
  58.   11 09:23  |  zionist forever 18/05/09
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