Overview
- The Pentagon-led search entered a second day Saturday after an F-15E was shot down over southwestern Iran on Friday, with one crew member rescued and a second still missing in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province.
- President Donald Trump warned on social media that Iran has 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes, a threat Iran rejected as “unbalanced” as a senior general vowed harsh retaliation.
- Dubai authorities said debris from an aerial interception damaged the facade of Oracle’s office in Dubai Internet City with no injuries, as Iran’s Revolutionary Guard names U.S. tech firms like Oracle and AWS as targets.
- Israeli and U.S. strikes hit Iran’s Mahshahr petrochemical zone and an area near the Bushehr nuclear plant, with Iran reporting one guard killed and Russia’s Rosatom evacuating workers from the site.
- Iranian state media urged residents to turn in the downed jet’s “enemy pilot” for rewards, drawing civilians into the hunt as U.S. teams race to recover the missing airman in rugged terrain.