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In December 2012, Iran stated it had captured an U.S. [[Boeing Insitu ScanEagle]] UAV that violated its airspace over the Persian Gulf. Iran later stated it had also captured two other ScanEagles. |
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In December 2012, Iran stated it had captured an U.S. [[Boeing Insitu ScanEagle]] UAV that violated its airspace over the Persian Gulf. Iran later stated it had also captured two other ScanEagles. |
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In 2013, Iran was reported to be supplying money, equipment, technological expertise and [[Uninhibited aerial vehicle]]s to the former [[Politics of Ba'athist Syria|Ba'athist Syrian government]] and [[Hezbollah]] during the [[Syrian civil war]], as well as to the Iraqi government and its state-sponsored organizations like the [[Popular Mobilization Forces]], and the [[Peshmerga]] during the [[War on ISIL]].[{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-iranian-technology-is-boosting-assads-assault-on-syrian-rebels/2013/06/01/aefad718-ca26-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Joby |last=Warrick |title=]National Security |date=2013-06-02 |access-date=2017-08-24 |url-status=live}}{{New archival link needed|date=April 2026}} |
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In 2013, Iran was reported to be supplying money, equipment, technological expertise and [[Uninhibited aerial vehicle]]s to the former [[Politics of Ba'athist Syria|Ba'athist Syrian government]] and [[Hezbollah]] during the [[Syrian civil war]], as well as to the Iraqi government and its state-sponsored organizations like the [[Popular Mobilization Forces]], and the [[Peshmerga]] during the [[War on ISIL]].[{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-iranian-technology-is-boosting-assads-assault-on-syrian-rebels/2013/06/01/aefad718-ca26-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Joby |last=Warrick |title=Russian, Iranian technology is boosting Assad’s assault on Syrian rebels |date=2013-06-02 |access-date=2017-08-24 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619092638/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-iranian-technology-is-boosting-assads-assault-on-syrian-rebels/2013/06/01/aefad718-ca26-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_story.html |archive-date=2013-06-19}}] |
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In November 2015, Iranian special forces assisted in the [[2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown#Search and rescue|rescue of a Russian pilot that was shot down]] by Turkey, over Syria.[{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/pilot-russian-jet-downed-turkey-6906704|title=Pilot of Russian jet downed by Turkey was 'rescued by elite Iranian squad'|first=Sam|last=Webb|website=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=26 November 2015|access-date=2018-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410202150/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/pilot-russian-jet-downed-turkey-6906704|archive-date=2018-04-10|url-status=live}}] |
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In November 2015, Iranian special forces assisted in the [[2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown#Search and rescue|rescue of a Russian pilot that was shot down]] by Turkey, over Syria.[{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/pilot-russian-jet-downed-turkey-6906704|title=Pilot of Russian jet downed by Turkey was 'rescued by elite Iranian squad'|first=Sam|last=Webb|website=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=26 November 2015|access-date=2018-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410202150/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/pilot-russian-jet-downed-turkey-6906704|archive-date=2018-04-10|url-status=live}}] |