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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Iran claims to have shot down US fighter jet

  • Iran has claimed to have shot down a second US F-35 fighter jet, with its state news agency stating the pilot is unlikely to have survived.
  • Simultaneously, Iranian drones reportedly struck an oil refinery in Kuwait, though no injuries were reported by the state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp.
  • This alleged downing of a US jet is not the first such claim by Iran, although previously only one jet was forced to make an emergency landing.
  • Donald Trump issued a threat to bomb Iranian bridges and electric power plants, urging Tehran to "make a deal before it is too late".
  • Trump's latest warning follows his celebration of the partial destruction of Iran’s largest bridge, an attack that resulted in eight deaths and 95 injuries.

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