There's a lot of claims in this article, but from what I can tell they're taking the Iranian media's reports entirely on good faith. Given Iran's propensity in

There's a lot of claims in this article, but from what I can tell they're taking the Iranian media's reports entirely on good faith. Given Iran's propensity in the past to stretch the truth(putting it lightly) with regards to their military capabilities, I'd take this article with a huge grain of salt. This was linked in the Further Reading section, which seems to debunk many of those claims(similar arguments have been made in the comments here): https://medium.com/war-is-boring/ed9dd24dffa8 https://medium.com/war-is-boring/ed9dd24dffa8 > That a drone landed in Iranian hands is still an intelligence failure—the CIA is widely believed to operate the Sentinel. But one rule of drones is to not fly anything you’re not willing to lose. This is because drones are finicky and crash at higher rates compared to manned aircraft. > Aviation Week also reported in 2011 that the RQ-170’s sensor package was already obsolete. And it’s unclear if Iran managed to copy the drone’s sensors. Even if the Iranian drone can fly, it doesn’t mean it can spy.