President Donald Trump announced the U.S. has rescued a crew member of a downed fighter jet that went down behind enemy lines, while levelling latest threats against Iran because the war continues.
Trump, in a post to Truth Social on Sunday, said troops had rescued the “seriously wounded, and really brave, F-15 crew member/officer” from inside Iran’s mountains.
“The Iranian Military was looking hard, in big numbers, and getting close,” Trump wrote. “He’s a highly respected Colonel. This kind of raid is seldom attempted due to danger to ‘man and equipment.’”
He went on to say the search and rescue got here after a earlier rescue, through which he said the pilot was found. Trump said that first rescue was not publicly confirmed to maintain the second operation secret.
The rescues of each service members got here after the Friday crash of the F-15E Strike Eagle. On the time, Iran had promised a reward for anyone who turned in an “enemy pilot.”
A separate jet that recently went down, a U.S. A-10 attack aircraft, has not been positioned and the status of the crew was not immediately known.
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In a separate post on Truth Social, Trump warned Iran it could strike the country’s power plants and bridges on Tuesday.
He threatened in an expletive-laden post Iran could be “living in Hell” if it didn’t open the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran continues attacks on Gulf states
It’s not the primary time Trump has made such threats in the course of the month-long war, previously extending them after mediators claimed progress towards ending the conflict.
Despite the threats from Trump, Iran has shown no signs of slowing down its own military actions against neighbouring Gulf states
Kuwait was the goal of drone attacks which caused significant damage to power plants and a petrochemical plant. A water desalination plant was also put out of service, in keeping with the country’s Ministry of Electricity. Nonetheless, no injuries have been reported.
A fireplace was sparked at one among Bahrain’s national oil company storage facilities and a state-run petrochemical plant following a drone strike, the dominion’s official news agency said.
The United Arab Emirates also got here under fire, with authorities responding to fires at a petrochemical plant in Ruwais that officials said was attributable to intercepted debris.
Trump’s threat Sunday comes only a day after he made similar comments on Saturday, saying the Strait must open up by Monday or Iran would face consequences.
The waterway is a critical chokepoint for industrial trade, with oil and gas moving from the Persian Gulf to Europe and Asia. Disruptions there have created volatility available in the market and pushed oil and gas-importing countries to hunt alternative sources.
Iran said the “doors of hell shall be opened to you” if its infrastructure is attacked in response to Trump’s renewed threat, state media reported. Gen. Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi also threatened all infrastructure utilized by the U.S. military within the region.
Efforts proceed by Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt to bring the U.S. and Iran to the negotiating table, in keeping with two regional officials.
—with files from The Associated Press
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