00:18Inshallah
00:56Iranian forces on Saturday were hunting
00:58for a missing U.S. pilot whose warplane went down over Iran the day before.
01:03These images were released Friday by Iranian state media
01:06and are said to show fragments of the jet.
01:09Officials say it was an F-15E fighter plane like this that was downed
01:13and that two crew members were ejected but one remained missing.
01:17Both Washington and Tehran said the plane was hit by fire
01:20from a new Iranian air defense system.
01:25A state TV broadcast featuring a spokesperson for Iran's Revolutionary Guards
01:30said the new system also shot down three U.S. drones and two cruise missiles.
01:35Two U.S. officials told Reuters that two Black Hawk helicopters
01:39looking for the downed plane were hit by Iranian fire
01:42but made it out of the country's airspace.
01:44The scale of that cruise injuries was unclear,
01:47but it highlights the risk that remains for U.S. and Israeli craft over Iran,
01:51despite remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump
01:54and his defense secretary Pete Hegseff
01:56that U.S. forces had total control of the skies.
02:00The prospect of a U.S. service member on the run
02:02raises the stakes for Washington as the war enters its sixth week.
02:07We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong.
02:11Trump has sent mixed messages since the conflict began,
02:14moving between open threats
02:16and hinting at diplomatic progress aimed at ending the war,
02:20which has killed thousands, set off an energy crisis,
02:23and threatened lingering damage to the world economy.
02:26And a recent Reuters-Ipsos poll showed low public support for the war.
02:31On Saturday, Trump repeated a threat to intensify attacks on Iran
02:35if it failed to reach a deal or open the key Strait of Hormuz.
02:39Writing in a social media post, he said,
02:41quote, 48 hours before all hell will rain down on them.
02:45A post from Iran's foreign minister left the door open for peace talks
02:49but gave little sign of giving in to U.S. demands,
02:53saying Tehran cared about, quote,
02:55terms of a conclusive and lasting end
02:57to the illegal war that is imposed on us.
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