World | Iran Iran: Why We Fired at US Drone Revolutionary Guard commander accuses US of spying By Neal Colgrass Posted Nov 11, 2012 3:35 PM CST Copied This Nov. 8, 2011, file photo shows a Predator B unmanned aircraft landing after a mission, at the Naval Air Station, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Iran fired at a US drone last week because it was spying on off-shore oil tankers in Iranian airspace, according to an Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander. Amir Ali Hajizadeh told a quasi-official news agency today that the drone flew too close to Kharg Island in the Strait of Hormuz: "It was gathering economic information and intelligence on Kharg Island and oil tankers," he said. "If this is repeated, we will definitely react." The Pentagon said the drone was in international airspace when a Russian-made warplane from Iran shot at it and missed. Read These Next Revolutionary Guard spokesman dies after issuing defiant statement. Judge blocks Pentagon policy on reporting. Robert Mueller, FBI boss who investigated Russia ties, Dies Chuck Norris has died at age 86. Report an error