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Friday, April 3, 2026

Blasts reported in Tehran as search continues for US pilot in Iran

 Summary

  • Several explosions were heard in Tehran on Friday night, eyewitnesses told Iran International.

  • Israel has suspended airstrikes in areas “relevant” to the search for a downed US pilot, the Associated Press reported, citing an Israeli official.

  • One ‌of ​the ⁠two ‌Americans from an F-15 ​fighter jet ‌downed in Iran ‌has been rescued, Reuters reported citing a US official.

  • Iran said it downed a US fighter jet and reported aerial search activity in the area.

  • US President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and “take the oil,” calling it a potential “gusher for the world.”

  • A French-linked container ship exited the Strait of Hormuz, the first such transit by a Western European vessel since the war disrupted shipping, Bloomberg reported on Friday.

  • A UN Security Council vote on a Bahrain-backed resolution on the Strait of Hormuz was removed from the schedule with no explanation.

  • Iran warned on Friday it would expand strikes to US and Israeli fuel, energy, economic and power infrastructure if Washington escalates attacks on its infrastructure.

  • Iran’s internet blackout entered its 35th day on Friday with connectivity at about 1% of normal levels, leaving the public largely cut off, NetBlocks said.

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