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Dangerous Search-Rescue
US special forces launched a hazardous rescue operation inside Iran to recover a missing F-15E weapons systems officer.
“Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei hinted that the operation might not have been a pure rescue, but a deception operation aimed at reaching Iran's enriched uranium stockpile”
President Trump hailed the mission as one of the most daring in US history.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry dismissed the operation as a deception and escape mission, raising suspicions it may have served as cover for an attempt to steal enriched uranium.
The geographic gap between the claimed rescue area and the military action theater fueled Tehran's suspicions.
Multiple US aircraft were forced to make emergency landings after coming under fire.
The US reportedly destroyed disabled planes to prevent capture.
The mission's CIA-coordinated deception campaign further complicated narratives around the operation.