Alalam - Iran
But the unmanned aircraft later appeared to have been operated by a film crew shooting aerial footage for a documentary.
According to local ILNA news agency quoted an unnamed source as saying that the drone was shot down as "it approached the forbidden district in Tehran " near the office of the Iran Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei.
The source later explained that the drone belonged to a documentary-making team that had permission to film but "unintentionally started moving it towards the forbidden zone.
"Pasteur Street in central Tehran is highly secured as key government institutions are located there.
The commander of Tehran air defence forces said in August that the capital's airspace was under full control and "no aircraft can enter it without permission."
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