News - Middle East: Police forces in the northwestern Iranian province of Ardabil have managed to identify and safely destroy munitions belonging to Israeli drones.

Brigadier General Javad Taghavi, commander of the provincial law enforcement force, announced the information on Saturday.

“Specialized detection and neutralization units succeeded in identifying and destroying the munitions of the Zionist regime’s spy drones in the region,” he noted.

The comments came less than a week after an Israeli official confirmed that Israeli drones worth “hundreds of millions” of dollars had gone missing in Iran, during the latter’s defensive operations in the face of an unprovoked war waged by Tel Aviv.

Cited by the regime’s Yedioth Ahronoth paper, the official said the invading unmanned aerial vehicles had “disappeared” within the Iranian territory.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Taghavi commended the provincial police force for managing to carry out “critical missions” throughout the war that was imposed by the regime against the Islamic Republic from June 13 to 25.

These missions, he said, included identifying and arresting operatives serving the regime’s espionage interests and neutralizing security threats.

Taghavi emphasized that the operations indicated the vigilance and high level of preparedness of the country’s security forces in confronting enemy threats.

The Islamic Republic responded to the Israeli aggression with prompt defensive maneuvers against incoming projectiles and preventive measures aimed at identifying the spies hired by Tel Aviv towards carrying out sabotage throughout the country.

Iran’s armed forces then proceeded to face the regime with decisive retaliatory strikes that targeted its sensitive nuclear, military, and industrial infrastructure.

Source: Press TV