Sunday, April 05, 2026

Trump Issues a New Warning Hours after a Second US Airman Is Rescued from Inside Iran | BBC News

Apr 5, 2026 | The US President has threatened to target civilian infrastructure inside Iran, if a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is not reached with Tehran.

The very strongly worded social media post followed new details of a daring US mission to rescue a second US airman, stranded for around 48-hours inside Iran after a US fighter jet was shot down.

As rhetoric around the Strait of Hormuz escalates, our Senior International Correspondent reports from the Gulf of Oman on what a potential US operation there could look like.



Trump and Netanyahu are the "crazy bastards", not the Iranians! The Iranians are just defending themselves against two madmen. — © Mark Alexander