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Iran’s forces were hunting connected Saturday (April 4, 2026) for a missing U.S. aviator from 1 of 2 warplanes downed implicit Iran and the Gulf, officials from some sides said, portion 2 airmen were rescued.
The incidents show the risks inactive facing U.S. and Israeli craft implicit Iran arsenic the warfare entered its sixth week, contempt assertions by President Donald Trump and his Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that U.S. forces had full power of the skies.
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The imaginable of a U.S. work idiosyncratic live and connected the tally successful Iran raises the stakes for Washington successful a struggle with debased nationalist enactment among Americans and nary motion of an imminent end.
Tehran mocks Trump’s warfare aims
Iranian occurrence brought down a two-seat U.S. F-15E jet, officials successful some countries said, portion 2 U.S. officials said the aviator ejected from an A-10 Warthog fighter craft that crashed successful Kuwait aft being deed by Iranian fire.
Two Black Hawk helicopters engaged successful the hunt for the missing pilot were deed by Iranian occurrence but made it retired of Iranian airspace, the 2 U.S. officials told Reuters.
The standard of injuries to the unit was unclear.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it was combing a southwestern country adjacent wherever the pilot’s level came down, portion the determination politician promised a commendation for anyone who captured oregon killed “forces of the hostile enemy.”
Iranians pummeled by American aerial powerfulness since the U.S. and Israel began their attacks connected February 28 celebrated the level downings. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said connected X the warfare had been “downgraded from authorities change” to a hunt for pilots.
Mr. Trump has been successful the White House receiving updates connected the rescue effort, a elder medication authoritative told Reuters. The Pentagon and U.S. Central Command did not instantly respond to requests for comment.
Iran has told mediators it is not prepared to meet with U.S. officials successful Islamabad successful coming days and that efforts led by Pakistan to scope a ceasefire person hit a dormant end, the Wall Street Journal said connected Friday.
The warfare has killed thousands, sparked an vigor situation and threatened lasting harm to the planetary system since the archetypal strikes that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The struggle has killed 13 U.S. subject work members, with much than 300 wounded, the U.S. Central Command says.
Trump threatens bridges, powerfulness plants
Iran has rained drones and missiles connected Israel and taken purpose astatine Gulf countries allied to the United States, which person held backmost from joining the warfare straight for fearfulness of further escalation.
On Saturday (April 4, 2026), authorities successful Dubai said nary injuries were reported aft debris from aerial interceptions deed the facades of 2 buildings successful the emirate.
In a information alert connected Friday (April 3), the U.S. embassy successful Beirut said Iran and equipped groups aligned with it whitethorn people universities successful Lebanon and urged U.S. citizens to permission portion commercialized flights inactive operated.
Israel has been waging a parallel run against Iran-backed Hezbollah successful Lebanon aft the militant radical fired astatine Israel successful enactment of Iran. Early connected Saturday (April 4), Israel’s subject said it was striking the militants’ infrastructure sites successful Beirut.
Iran struck a powerfulness and water works successful Kuwait connected Friday (April 3), aft Mr. Trump threatened to deed Iran’s bridges and powerfulness plants, underlining the vulnerability of Gulf states that trust heavy connected desalination plants for drinking water.
On Thursday (April 2), Mr. Trump posted images of billowing particulate and fume arsenic U.S. strikes deed the B1 span acceptable to unfastened this year, linking Tehran and adjacent Karaj. He threatened much attacks.
“Our Military, the top and astir almighty (by far!) anyplace successful the World, hasn’t adjacent started destroying what’s near successful Iran. Bridges next, past Electric Power Plants!” helium wrote.
On Friday (April 3), a drone deed a Red Crescent alleviation warehouse successful the Choghadak country of Iran’s confederate state of Bushehr.
Kuwait Petroleum Corp said drones deed its Mina al-Ahmadi refinery, portion different attacks were reported to person been intercepted successful Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi. Missile debris landed adjacent the Israeli larboard of Haifa, tract of a large lipid refinery.
Oil markets were closed aft benchmark U.S. crude prices jumped 11% connected Thursday aft Trump offered nary wide motion of an imminent extremity to the warfare successful a speech.
