President Donald Trump on Sunday hailed a daring rescue of a downed US airman in central Iran, but Tehran insisted the mission was “foiled”, leaving the world to sift fact from fiction amid conflicting reports and viral images.
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Inside the race to rescue a downed US airman in Iran
France 24
April 05, 2026
13:19 GMT
President Donald Trump on Sunday hailed a daring rescue of a downed US airman in central Iran, but Tehran insisted the mission was “foiled”, leaving the world to sift fact from fiction amid conflicting reports and viral images.
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President Donald Trump on Sunday hailed a daring rescue of a downed US airman in central Iran, but Tehran insisted the mission was “foiled”, leaving the world to sift fact from fiction amid conflicting reports and viral images.
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