In response to Trump’s statements, the Iranian state news agency Tasnin published several photos of aircraft wreckage, believed to be American.
The conflict between Iran and the United States went beyond missiles and bombs from both sides. Iran intensifies responses in a media war proposed by United States President Donald Trump from the beginning. The most recent chapter, and perhaps the most tense to date, concerns the rescue operation of an American pilot in Iranian territory, after the crash of the fighter jet he was piloting, shot down by enemy fire.
Donald Trump said, this Sunday (5), on his own social network, Truth Social, that his country’s Armed Forces rescued the pilot alive, although “severely injured”. “We rescued the pilot in broad daylight, something unusual, spending seven hours in Iran. An incredible display of bravery and talent from everyone!” However, there are still no photos or videos of this rescue or of the rescued officer.
As a response to Trump’s statements, the Iranian state news agency Tasnin published several photos of aircraft wreckage, believed to be American. They were aircraft shot down by the Iranian army during US attempts to rescue the missing pilot.
“The spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces headquarters announced this Sunday, the 5th, that Iranian military forces destroyed several United States aircraft in the south of Isfahan, frustrating an attempted rescue mission for a downed American fighter pilot,” said the Iranian agency.
The photos show wreckage of what appears to be two helicopters. According to Tasnin, two Black Hawk helicopters and a C-130 transport plane were shot down. “The spokesperson said the operation resulted in the destruction of several hostile aircraft and described the outcome [da operação] as another humiliating defeat for the United States, drawing parallels to the failed Operation Eagle Claw of April 1980,” the agency added.
*Brazil Agency
