Iranian Local Officials Encourage Public to Hunt Down US Pilots
Xinhua News Agency, Tehran, April 3 - According to a report from the Iranian Students' News Agency on the 3rd, the Deputy Governor of Boyer-Ahmad-Kohgiluyeh encouraged local residents to hunt for the U.S. military pilot who fell in the area.
According to reports, the governor stated that local security and military forces are making every effort to search for the U.S. military pilot, and the provincial government will give special recognition to individuals or groups who successfully capture or eliminate enemy personnel.
The public relations department of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated on the 3rd that the air defense system shot down a U.S. F-35 fighter jet in Iranian airspace in central Iran.
According to a report by The New York Times on the 3rd, citing U.S. officials, a U.S. military fighter jet was shot down within Iranian territory, and the whereabouts of the personnel on board are unknown. U.S. officials are urgently launching a search and rescue operation, trying to find survivors before Iran does.
Iranian officials urged local citizens in Boyer-Ahmad to pursue a U.S. pilot whose F-35 fighter jet was shot down in Iranian airspace. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is actively searching for the pilot, offering rewards for successful capture or elimination. U.S. officials are also engaged in a search and rescue operation for the missing pilot.
- Iranian officials encourage citizens to capture a downed U.S. pilot.
- An F-35 fighter jet was shot down in Iranian airspace.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is involved in the search for the pilot.
- U.S. officials are conducting a search and rescue operation for the pilot.