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A U.S. pilot who was shot down over Iran has been rescued in a mission carried out by the U.S. and Israel.
“But as NPR's D-Paraves reports, both the U.S. and Iran are claiming victory.”
A U.S. Air Force officer who, along with another crew member, ejected from a jet shot down in Iran on Friday, was rescued by U.S. forces Sunday morning.
As name news agency affiliated with Iran's revolutionary guard, says at least five people
were killed by U.S. and Israeli forces involved in the operation. President Trump announced the rescue on social media calling it "one of the most daring search and rescue operations in U.S. history." Revolutionary guard spokesman Ebrahim Zothaladi posted a video on X, calling the operation an escape rather than a rescue.
D-Paraves, NPR News, Vaughn Turkey Israel says it's attacking Iran's money-making industry -- it also says it aided the U.S. with the successful rescue of a U.S. Air Force officer in Iran, NPR's Daniel Estrin reports. And Israeli military official, who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, tells NPR that Israel shared intelligence with the U.S. and halted Israeli
strikes in the search area as U.S. troops rescued the Air Force officer who's playing
with shot down over Iran. In Lebanon, and Israeli soldier was killed by friendly fire. Israel is now focusing on targeting Iran's steel and petrochemical industries, which are
“important for Iran's economy and military.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu said in a video statement that Israel's military strikes in Iran have destroyed the majority of Iran's capabilities to manufacture steel. And Saturday, Israel said it bombed a petrochemical complex needed for manufacturing missiles. Israel's oil-estrin NPR news, Telafif. President Trump has given Iran until tomorrow to reopen the straight-of-form moves, which
carries about one-fifth of the world's oil supply. Or the U.S. will strike Iran's infrastructure. Today he renewed that threat. In profane language, he said that otherwise Tuesday will be power plant day and bridge day. Gasoline prices have spikes since the war began.
David Goodwin is a former energy envoy for this state department and former assistant secretary of energy.
“He says even if the straight opens and the war ends, it will take months for prices to go”
back down. Assuming there's actually a ceasefire and that Iran is interested in respecting it, it's going to be at least a couple of months. Reopening of the straights will be slow because it may have been mined. Also the logistics of meeting all the ships that are trapped in, out in the ones that are
out in will be slow. Repair, there's been a lot of damage to infrastructure. We don't know how bad takes time to get the crew in. There's also restart a lot of the oil fields have been damaged in Iraq and in other places you can't turn them on fast with old infrastructure or you can damage the fields.
He was interviewed on NPR's Weeknd Edition Sunday. This is NPR News. Easter and Jerusalem is quiet this year, not filled with pilgrims in the old world city. Israeli authorities have imposed strict war time and restrictions, including limiting visitors. Only about a dozen priests preyed inside the church of the Holy Sepulchur.
During Easter Mass of the Vatican, Pope Leo made a passionate appeal against the conflicts that rage in the world today, saying humans must not resign themselves to what he called this evil. NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports at an altar at the top of steps laid in with flowers in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Pope Leo led prayers in Christianity's most joyous celebration.
In his service Leo described Easter as victory of life over death. The Pope's own humans are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it and becoming indifferent to the deaths of thousands of people and quote repercussions of hatred. He made this Easter a passionate appeal for true peace, Ruth Sherlock and Pian use. The Artemis-2 astronauts are now more than halfway to the moon.
There to arrive Monday, fly around it and then fly home. The mission is encountering more problems with the toilet, which had malfunctioned after Wednesday's lift off. The crew has back up your in-collection bags until that problem is fixed.
Here the first crew to go to the moon since the Apollo mission ended more than 50 years
ago. I'm NPR-ROM, NPR-News in Washington.
