Iranian IRGC Captured US Pilot: Iranian news agency Tasnim said on Friday that a US pilot may now be in the hands of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, after getting out of an F-35 warplane over western Iran. Iranian government sources also said the pilot had been captured, according to the text you shared. At the same time, newer reporting from the Associated Press said Iranian media had claimed a US pilot ejected over southwestern Iran, but there was still no immediate public response from the US side.
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News18 said this claim had not been checked on its own. That means the report was being passed on as a claim from Iranian media and officials, not as something fully proved in public by outside sources. The main point was that Iran was saying one American pilot may have survived and then was taken by the IRGC.
Another F-35 Was Shot Down
The same report said Iran also claimed a second American F-35 fighter jet was hit over central Iran. Press TV, using a statement from the spokesperson of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters, said the aircraft was brought down by a new air defence system from the IRGC Aerospace Force.
The statement said, “A second US fifth-generation F-35 was struck and downed over central Iran by a new IRGC Aerospace Force air-defence system. Given the massive explosion on impact and during the crash, the pilot is unlikely to have ejected,” Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters Spokesman stated as quoted by Press TV.
That version from Iran came as AP also reported that Iranian media were talking about an American pilot ejecting over Iran on Friday. But AP said details about the aircraft itself were still unclear, and US officials had not answered requests for comment right away.
Warning of More Strikes
Iranian media did not stop at the plane claim. The spokesperson quoted by Press TV also gave a strong warning about what Iran says it will do next if key sites inside the country are attacked. The report said Iran warned there would be a harsh answer if there was any strike on bridges, power stations, or energy sites.
The spokesperson said, “severe retaliatory measures”
The warning became even stronger in the next statement. It said, “Any attack on Iran’s bridges, power plants, or energy infrastructure will prompt strikes not only on all US and Israeli assets in the region and occupied territories but also on key holdings of US allies and host nations – harder and more devastating than before,” the spokesperson declared.
Another line in the report gave a direct message to countries where US forces are based. It said, “Countries hosting US bases must force American forces to leave if they want to stay safe,” the spokesperson added.
These comments came during a much bigger regional fight. AP reported Friday that the war was still growing and affecting places across the Middle East, with new attacks, damage to energy sites, and more pressure on the wider region.
