Iran State TV Did Offer Reward to Find US Pilot

موقع رويترز هو مصدرك عبر الإنترنت لأحدث أخبار إيران، مما يضمن بقاء قرائنا على اطلاع بأي تطورات عاجلة.

A pilot who was also on board has been rescued, US media report - here's what we know so far · Iranian officials are urging citizens to find the missing crew "alive" and are offering rewards for their capture, state media reports

Iran is offering rewards of about £50,000 ($66,100) to citizens who help capture the missing airman, state media has reported.

Iranian news outlets have published a video claiming to show people there “searching for the American pilot”. An Iranian state TV newsreader for a local channel has reported that rewards will be given to anyone who captures the pilot alive.

U.S. forces were racing to find a missing F-15 crew member in Iran as the risky search-and rescue mission entered its second day. The fighter jet was one of two military aircraft shot down Friday while conducting combat operations against Iran.

In one indication of Iran’s eagerness to find the airman, an anchor for a local affiliate of Iran’s state broadcaster read a statement on Friday on television calling on residents to capture the “enemy’s pilot or pilots” and turn them over alive to security forces for a reward.

An anchor for a local affiliate of Iran’s state broadcaster read a statement on television calling on residents of a southwestern province to capture the “enemy’s pilot or pilots” and turn them over alive to security forces in return for a reward.

A channel affiliated with Iranian state television claimed that a U.S. pilot ejected from their aircraft over a rural region of southwestern Iran. An anchor urged residents to hand over any “enemy pilot” to police and promised a reward for anyone who did.

An Iranian businessman offered to pay a reward worth $60,000 (£45,000) to anyone capturing the crew members alive. And a presenter on an Iranian TV channel, based in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, a mountainous region in the south-west ...

عرضت السلطات الإيرانية مكافأة مالية لمن يتمكن من إلقاء القبض على «الطيار أو الطيارين» الأميركيين.

The posts did not further describe who or what "the Sons of Haidar al-Karrar" referenced. ... In short, the posts miscaptioned the video, meaning users shared a genuine image or video with inaccurate descriptions.