Iran claims second US F-35 fighter jet has been shot down as Trump boasts he will strike power plants after bridge attack - live updates
Iran's military has claimed it has shot down a second American F-35 fighter jet forcing it crash with the pilot likely killed as a result, Iranian state media is reporting.The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the feared military arm of the Iranian regime, said the aircraft was attacked over central Iran by its air defences, according to a statement carried by Mehr news agency.Iran said it also attacked an 'enemy' fighter jet over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz but US military refuted the 'false claim' which it said had been made 'at least half a dozen times'.It comes as Donald Trump boasted about an attack on Iran's tallest bridge yesterday and warned power plants will become the next targets as the US steps up its attacks.The US military 'hasn't even started destroying what's left in Iran. Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants,' Trump wrote on social media.His post said that Iran's leadership 'knows what has to be done, and has to be done, FAST!'
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Iran claims second US F-35 fighter jet has been shot down as Trump boasts he will strike power plants after bridge attack - live updates
