Iran claims to have captured pilot of US fighter jet it shot down

Iranian media has claimed that its forces shot down a second United States fighter jet and thwarted an American rescue mission for the pilot. According to the claims, the US pilot safely ejected from the burning aircraft but landed in Iranian territory, where he was allegedly captured by military forces. A statement from Iran urged local residents not to mistreat the pilot and asserted that no American rescue attempts would be permitted. While no visual confirmation of the pilot's capture has been established.