
Iran denies that the US evacuated the downed pilot.
CNN reports this, citing Iranian state media. They claim that the rescue operation for the pilots failed and that the planes were not destroyed by US soldiers, but by Iranians.
“In the southern part of Isfahan province, enemy aircraft, including two Black Hawk helicopters and one C-130 military transport aircraft, were shot down and are currently burning,” they said in Tehran, releasing a video of the wreckage.


