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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - This handout photo provided by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official website Sepah News on April 5, 2026 shows smoke billowing reportedly from the site of targeted and crashed aircraft in central Iran. — Sepah News via AFP
TEHRAN, April 5 — Iran’s military said today that the US operation to rescue an airman from a downed American fighter jet had been “completely foiled”, without suggesting he had been captured.
The statement came after US President Donald Trump said today that the officer had been rescued in a search and rescue operation and was “SAFE and SOUND”.
“The so-called US military rescue operation, planned as a deception and escape mission at an abandoned airport in southern Isfahan under the pretext of recovering the pilot of a downed aircraft, was completely foiled,” said Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesman for the military’s central command, Khatam Al-Anbiya.
In a video statement carried by state television, he said that “two C-130 military transport planes and two Black Hawk helicopters were destroyed” during the operation.
He added that Trump went ahead with “empty rhetoric and diversion although the reality on the ground demonstrates the superior position of Iran’s powerful armed forces.”
State media shared images of charred wreckage scattered across a desert area, with smoke still rising from the site.
Iranian media reported that strikes during the rescue operation killed five people in the southwest, although it was not immediately clear whether they were civilians or military.
Since Friday, Iranian media has also shared footage showing local residents, some carrying flags and rifles, searching for the aviator after authorities offered a bounty for information. — AFP
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