SOURCE - AL ALAMRESTRICTION:NO ACCESS BBC PERSIANNO ACCESS VOA PERSIANNO ACCESS MANOTO 11. Mid of image of unmanned aircraft claimed to have been captured by Iran's Revolutionary Guards with a map of Persian Gulf region and a logo of Iran's Revolutionary Guards in background 2. Various of the drone 3. Various of drone in front of map 4. Various of droneSTORYLINE Iran's state TV said on Tuesday that the country's Revolutionary Guard had captured a US drone after it entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf. Al-Alam, the Iranian state TV's Arabic-language channel, showed what appeared to be an intact ScanEagle drone on display in front of a large map of the Persian Gulf. The station claimed it was the first pictures of the captured drone. However a US Navy spokesman said later on Tuesday that no American drones are missing in the Middle East. Cmdr. Jason Salata, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, says all US drones in the region are "fully accounted for." The Iran report quoted the Guard's navy chief, General Ali Fadavi, as saying that the Iranian forces caught the "intruding" drone, which he claimed had apparently taken off from a US aircraft carrier. According to Fadavi, the drone had been flying over Persian Gulf waters for the past few days "conducting a reconnaissance flight and gathering data." The drone was captured as soon as entering Iranian sky, according to Fadavi. Salata though also cast doubt on Iranian claims Tuesday that the U.S. ScanEagle drone entered Iranian airspace, saying U.S. operations in the Persian Gulf are "confined to internationally recognised water and airspace." He says that U.S. ScanEagles have been lost into the sea in the past, but none have gone down recently. Other nations in the Gulf, including the United Arab Emirates, have ScanEagle drones in service. The 5th Fleet is based in Bahrain. If true, the seizure of the drone would be the third reported incident involving Iran and US drones in the past two years. Last month, Iran claimed that a US drone had violated its airspace. Pentagon said the unmanned aircraft came under fire, at least twice but was not hit, and that the Predator was over international waters. The November 1 shooting in the Gulf was unprecedented, and further escalated tensions between the United States and Iran, which is under international sanctions over its suspect nuclear programme. Tehran denies it's pursuing a nuclear weapon and insists its programme is for peaceful purposes only.(****END****)