President Trump bet that American firepower could cow Iran into compliance. So far, Iran’s leaders have been unwilling to quit.
Fifteen residents of Tehran said in telephone interviews and text messages that the capital was weathering heavy bombardment.
An American fighter jet was shot down by Iran for the first time since the start of the war, leading to an urgent search-and-rescue operation for a missing crew member.
Ronald Young Jr. was in the Army when his Apache Longbow copter went down during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
One crew member was rescued. The risky operation to find the second airman came as the United States and Israel struck infrastructure targets in Iran, prompting Iranian retaliation in the Gulf.
Iran has sent waves of missiles and drones at Israel and Gulf states in recent weeks and shot down an American fighter jet on Friday.
An airman was rescued on Saturday night, President Trump said. The rescue came after a risky two-day operation deep inside Iran.
Reports cast doubt on how close the United States is to destroying Iran’s missile capability, a key goal in the war.
The U.S. military aircraft with a two-person crew was shot down in Iran on Friday.
In sharp contrast to the Trump administration’s calls for Christian prayers for the war effort, Pope Leo XIV says military domination is “entirely foreign to the way of Jesus Christ.”