A USAF McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle lands at RAF Lakenheath July 22, 2025, in Lakenheath, United Kingdom.
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US military continues search for missing person American aviator after an F-15E fighter jet was shot down over southwest Iran on Friday. One crew member was rescued, but the second remains missing, with U.S. and Iranian forces searching.
Iran and the United States confirmed that Tehran shot down the two-seater F-15E, while two U.S. officials separately said the pilot ejected from a U.S. A-10 Warthog fighter jet that crashed in Kuwait after being hit by Iranian fire.
Two Black Hawk helicopters engaged in the search for the missing crew member in Iran were hit by Iranian fire but managed to exit Iranian airspace, two U.S. officials told Reuters.
The possibility that the airman could be captured has raised concerns in Washington about possible leverage over Tehran. This is the first time that Iranian forces have successfully shot down an American fighter plane since the start of the war.
President Donald Trump said Saturday in a Truth on social media: “Remember when I gave Iran ten days to make a deal or open the Strait of Hormuz. Time is running out – 48 hours before hell reigns upon them.”
On March 26, Trump said he would extend a pause in his attacks. IranIt is energy installations from 10 days to April 6 at the request of the government of the Islamic Republic.
In a televised speech On Wednesday from the White House, Trump told Americans that he expects the Iran was to last another two to three weeks, but said the conflict was about to end.
“We’re going to finish the job, and we’re going to finish it very quickly,” he said.
Iran’s foreign minister has, in principle, left the door open for peace talks with the United States, amid talk of Pakistan mediating, but he has given no sign of Tehran’s willingness to comply with Trump’s demands.
“We are deeply grateful to Pakistan for its efforts and have never refused to visit Islamabad. What matters to us are the conditions for a definitive and lasting END to the illegal war imposed on us,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on X.
Pakistan told The Associated Press on Saturday that efforts to broker a ceasefire were “on track.”
Debris hits Oracle building in Dubai, UAE saysIran has continued to launch waves of missiles and drones across the region, with the United Arab Emirates claiming to have intercepted dozens of threats in the past 24 hours.
The office of the American technology giant Oracle in Dubai was damaged by falling debris, the city’s media office said, as Iran continued to fire projectiles across the Middle East in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes.
Oracle office in Dubai damaged by suspected debris following aerial interception of Iranian projectile. April 4, 2026.
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“Authorities confirm they responded to a minor incident caused by debris from an aerial interception falling on the facade of the Oracle building in Dubai Internet City,” the Dubai Media Office said. said in a message on X. No one was injured in the incident, the media office said.
Oracle did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment from CNBC.
A CNBC reporter in Dubai reported hearing several intercepts overnight.
Bushehr nuclear power plant hitSeparately, a projectile struck overnight near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, killing at least one worker and damaging part of the facility, according to Iranian authorities. THE International Atomic Energy Agency said there was no increase in radiation levels but warned of the risks of attacks near nuclear infrastructure.
Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi warned that repeated strikes on the site could trigger a wider regional disaster, while signaling that Tehran is not ready to begin negotiations quickly, saying any talks must result in a “conclusive and lasting” end to the war.
Russian state nuclear company Rosatom has evacuated an additional 198 of its staff from the Bushehr nuclear power plant, Russian news agencies reported. Rosatom has been evacuating staff from the plant since the war in Iran broke out in late February.
However, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have threats of attacks on a number of American technology companies with operations in the Middle East, including Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft And Google.
The Guard warned Tuesday that 18 technology companies would be considered “legitimate targets” in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran.
“From now on, for every assassination, an American business will be destroyed,” they said on a Telegram channel affiliated with the Guard.
The list of companies also included Cisco, HP, Intel, IBM, Dell, Palantir, JPMorgan, TeslaGE, Spire Solutions, Boeing and UAE-based artificial intelligence company G42.
Read more news about the US-Iran warJames Henderson, CEO of risk management firm Healix, said the increase in threats against technology companies is not a flash in the pan, but an enduring trend.
“Tech assets are now treated as part of the conflict and not peripheral,” Henderson told CNBC.
“It also indicates that future crises could target data centers and cloud platforms as much as traditional strategic locations,” he added.
Iran struck Amazon Web Services data centers in the Middle East at the beginning of March, causing breakdowns in a number of digital applications and services in the UAE.
Petrochemical zone hit in Iran Iranian state media reported airstrikes on a petrochemical zone in southwest Iran, wounding five people so far. A projectile also hit an auxiliary building near the perimeter of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, Tasnim news agency said, killing one person. Plant operations were not affected.
Russian state nuclear company Rosatom evacuated another 198 of its staff from the site on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported, as part of evacuations already planned before the latest incident.
The Israeli army, for its part, claimed to have carried out “a wave of strikes” on Tehran.
Israel is waging a parallel campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon after the militant group fired on Israel in support of Iran. Early Saturday, the Israeli military announced it was striking militant infrastructure in Beirut.
— Reuters contributed to this report.
