The U.S. military on Saturday looked for a missing pilot shot down over a distant area in\u00a0Iran<\/a>, while\u00a0President Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0remained silent on the incident but reminded Tehran of his Monday deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz: \u201c48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them.\u201d<\/p>\n The U.S. warplane, identified by Iran as a F-15E Strike Eagle, was\u00a0considered one of two attacked<\/a>\u00a0on Friday, with one service member rescued. Iran has promised a reward for whoever turns within the missing pilot. It\u2019s the primary time the USA lost aircraft in Iranian territory through the war, now in its sixth week, which could further pressure Trump to finish the fighting.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s joint military command on Saturday claimed it also struck two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters the day before, but The Associated Press couldn’t independently confirm that.<\/p>\n The war began with joint U.S.-Israel strikes on Feb. 28 and has killed hundreds, shaken\u00a0global markets<\/a>, cut off key shipping routes and\u00a0spiked fuel prices<\/a>. It shows no signs of slowing as Iran responds with attacks across the region.<\/p>\n Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Trump earlier within the week said in\u00a0a national address<\/a>\u00a0that the U.S. has \u201cbeaten and completely decimated Iran.\u201d The U.S. and Israel boasted that Iran\u2019s air defenses were obliterated.<\/p>\n But on Saturday, an apparent Iranian drone damaged the headquarters of U.S. technology company Oracle in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Either side have threatened, and hit, civilian targets and infrastructure within the war.<\/p>\n The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said that an airstrike hit near its Bushehr nuclear facility, killing a security guard and damaging a support constructing. It\u2019s the fourth time the power was targeted. The pinnacle of Russia\u2019s state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, said that 198 employees were being evacuated.<\/p>\n Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Tahir Andrabi, told the AP that his government\u2019s efforts to broker a ceasefire are \u201cright on the right track.\u201d Last week, Pakistan said that\u00a0it will soon host talks<\/a>\u00a0between the U.S. and Iran.<\/p>\n Get every day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you may never miss the day’s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Iran\u2019s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said that they \u201chave never refused to go to Islamabad.\u201d<\/p>\n Mediators from Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt are working to bring the U.S. and Iran to the negotiating table, in response to two regional officials. They said that they were working on bridging the gap between the 2 sides\u2019 demands to stop the war and reopen the\u00a0crucial Strait of Hormuz<\/a>.<\/p>\n Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The proposed compromise features a cessation of hostilities to permit a diplomatic settlement, in response to a regional official involved within the efforts and a Gulf diplomat briefed on the matter. They spoke on condition of anonymity to debate closed-door diplomacy.<\/p>\n The seek for the U.S. pilot focused on a mountainous region in Iran\u2019s southwestern province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad.<\/p>\n Neither the White House nor the Pentagon released information, but in an email from the Pentagon, obtained by the AP, the military said that it received notification of \u201can aircraft being shot down\u201d within the Middle East, without further details.<\/p>\n A U.S. crew member was rescued. However the Pentagon notified the U.S. House Armed Services Committee that the status of a second service member wasn\u2019t known.<\/p>\n In a telephone interview with NBC News, Trump said that what happened wouldn\u2019t affect negotiations with Iran.<\/p>\n Individually, Iranian state media said a U.S. A-10 attack aircraft crashed within the Persian Gulf after being struck by Iran\u2019s defense forces. A U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to debate a sensitive military situation said that it wasn\u2019t clear if the aircraft crashed or was shot down. The crew\u2019s status was not immediately known.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tIran signals willingness to hitch talks<\/h2>\n
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