( CNN ) -- Iran has brought down a U.S. `` spy drone '' flying near its Fordo nuclear enrichment plant in Qom province , state-run media reported Wednesday . The date of the incident has not been disclosed , and three U.S. officials said there was no indication or information that a U.S. drone was downed . State-run Press TV reported the development , citing a Tuesday story from another website -- javanonline.ir . Ali Aqazadeh Dafsari , an Iranian lawmaker , said air defense units of Iran 's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps shot down the drone , Press TV reported , citing javanonline.ir . Dafsari , who is a member of parliament 's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee , said that the craft was on a mission to identify the plant 's location and collect information about the facility for the CIA . The development emerged as the Iranian government announced on Tuesday that it was installing a new generation of centrifuges in its nuclear facilities . The French Foreign Ministry called the development `` a new wave of provocation '' that flouts United Nations resolutions . Iran 's development of missile and nuclear fuel technology has led to U.N. sanctions and accusations from the United States that the clerical regime is trying to develop nuclear weapons . Iran says it has a right to peaceful nuclear technology . The U.N. nuclear agency has said it can not verify whether the intent of Tehran 's nuclear program remains peaceful . CNN 's Barbara Starr contributed to this report .
NEW : U.S. officials said there 's no indication of a downed drone . Comment: The date of the incident was not reported .