{"id":50124,"date":"2026-04-03T14:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/50124\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:02:13","slug":"capture-us-pilot-alive-get-reward-iran-media-after-tehran-claims-it-downed-f-15e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/50124\/","title":{"rendered":"Capture US pilot alive, get reward: Iran media after Tehran claims it downed F-15E"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian media announced rewards for civilians who capture the &#8220;enemy pilot alive&#8221; after Tehran claimed to have shot down an American fighter jet.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A US F-15 jet.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/a-us-f-15-jet-035228365-16x9_0.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A US F-15 jet.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATED: Apr 3, 2026 19:29 IST<\/p>\n<p> Subscribe to Notifications <\/p>\n<p>After Tehran claimed it had shot down a US F-15E fighter jet, Iranian media announced rewards for civilians who capture the pilot alive and hand them over to authorities, and also urged public participation in shooting down aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a pilot or an enemy pilot is captured and handed over alive to the law enforcement or military forces, you will receive a significant reward and compensation. If you see an airplane or helicopter in the sky, make sure to target it,\u201d the anchor read out a message.<\/p>\n<p>State-affiliated Iranian channels have claimed that the US fighter pilot ejected from their aircraft over southwestern Iran, after it was shot down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ends<\/p>\n<p>Published On: <\/p>\n<p>Apr 3, 2026 19:29 IST<\/p>\n<p>After Tehran claimed it had shot down a US F-15E fighter jet, Iranian media announced rewards for civilians who capture the pilot alive and hand them over to authorities, and also urged public participation in shooting down aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a pilot or an enemy pilot is captured and handed over alive to the law enforcement or military forces, you will receive a significant reward and compensation. If you see an airplane or helicopter in the sky, make sure to target it,\u201d the anchor read out a message.<\/p>\n<p>State-affiliated Iranian channels have claimed that the US fighter pilot ejected from their aircraft over southwestern Iran, after it was shot down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ends<\/p>\n<p>Published On: <\/p>\n<p>Apr 3, 2026 19:29 IST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iranian media announced rewards for civilians who capture the &#8220;enemy pilot alive&#8221; after Tehran claimed to have shot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[20404,34,1973,20402,20406,20401,20405,20407,69,20403,20400],"class_list":{"0":"post-50124","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tehran","8":"tag-airstrike-tehran","9":"tag-iran","10":"tag-iranian-media","11":"tag-kohkilouyeh-boyer-ahmad","12":"tag-lur-people","13":"tag-pilot-ejected","14":"tag-rural-iran","15":"tag-security-agencies","16":"tag-tehran","17":"tag-us-aircraft","18":"tag-us-f-15e"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116341148468948819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}