The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has fully extracted the data, borne by the U.S. spy drone, it captured over the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, Dec 4.

“Yes, we have fully extracted the drone’s data...,” the IRGC Public Relations Department said on Wednesday, referring to the ScanEagle drone, a long-endurance aircraft built by Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, Iran’s Press TV reported.

“The drone, in addition to gathering military data, used to pursue gathering data in the field of energy, especially the transfer of oil from Iran’s oil terminals,” the department said.

It said that the capture of the aircraft helps discovery of “what kind of data they (the Americans) are after.”

Regarding the U.S. denial of the existence of the aerial vehicle in its drone fleet, the department said, “The reaction, the Americans have to the capture of their drones indicates the importance of this matter to them. This is not something they can easily deny.”