A U.S. fighter jet went down in Iran amid the ongoing war, according to multiple media reports, kicking off a search and rescue operation to recover the crew. The status of the plane's crew was unclear.

An American F-15E fighter jet was downed over Iran, U.S. officials confirmed Friday, and a search and rescue effort is ongoing, sources said. Earlier Friday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard claimed it shot down a U.

Iran's Tasnim news agency is claiming the US is searching for one of its pilots; the BBC has contacted US Central Command for comment.

Iranian state media on Friday released photos of what it claimed is the wreckage of a US Air Force fighter jet downed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. CNN’s Paula Hancocks reports.

Iran fired on targets across the Middle East, sparking multiple blazes at a Kuwaiti oil refinery, while American and Israeli airstrikes hit the Islamic Republic as the war neared the end of its fifth

Trump, who ‌has previously offered shifting timelines and ‌objectives for the war, said in a televised speech on Wednesday that the war could escalate ⁠if Iran ⁠did not give in to Washington's terms,

Iran targeted more sites in Arab Gulf states overnight and into Friday, hours after US President Donald Trump issued fresh threats against Iranian infrastructure to pressure Tehran to start peace negotiations.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s prime-time address at 9 p.m. EDT offers an update on the progress made toward achieving his goals in the war with Iran, which are to destroy the country’s missile production and Navy,