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US pilot rescued as Trump threatens to hit Iran infrastructure in profanity-laden social media post

A US military pilot has been found in Iran after a search-and-rescue mission. Soon after, US President Donald Trump issued a threat to Iranian infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed in a profanity-laden social media post.

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00:00A U.S. military pilot who had been missing after his plane was shot down in Iran has been found.
00:07U.S. President Donald Trump said the pilot was seriously wounded, adding that the rescue involved dozens of aircraft.
00:15Another crew member of the downed jet had been rescued on Friday.
00:19A few hours after the rescue was announced, Trump issued a remarkable expletive-laden threat against Iran's civilian infrastructure.
00:28If the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened on Monday, he said that bridges and power plants will be targeted
00:35if this ultimatum is not met.
00:38The U.S. president ended his post by saying praise be to Allah, the reason for which was unclear.
00:45Meanwhile, Iran's retaliatory strikes have continued in the region, with damage reported at civilian facilities in the UAE, Kuwait and
00:54Bahrain.
00:55The war began after the U.S. and Israel struck Iran in late February and has since killed thousands, shaken
01:03global markets, cut off key shipping routes and spiked fuel prices.
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