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Normale Ansicht

Trump’s Lesson From Risky Rescue: Threaten to Go Harder at Iran

05. April 2026 um 23:25
In an expletive-laced social media post, the president said Iran should open the Strait of Hormuz or he would bomb bridges and power plants.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

While President Trump still suggests that Iran is begging for a deal, intelligence analysis generated by the United States and some of its closest Western allies suggests the opposite.

A Harrowing Race Against Time to Find a Downed U.S. Airman in Iran

For the Iranians, the Air Force colonel whose fighter jet had been shot down was possible leverage. For the U.S. military, finding him was a moral imperative.

© Social Media/UGC, via Reuters

An image shared by Iranian state television on social media purported to show the site of the U.S. aircraft destroyed during the mission to find a stranded airman in Iran.

U.S. Rescues Missing Air Force Officer Whose Fighter Jet Was Downed by Iran

An Air Force officer of a F-15E Strike Eagle shot down on Friday by Iran spent a day in hostile territory with little more than a pistol for protection.

© Phil Noble/Reuters

U.S. Air Force personnel last month at an air base in Britain.
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