[Iran Claims Multi-Department Operation Hit and Rescued U.S. Aircraft] BlockBeats News, April 5: According to CCTV International News, the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Command of Iran's armed forces announced today (April 5) that in response to U.S. actions to rescue the pilot of a downed aircraft, Revolutionary Guard fighters and Basij militia conducted a joint operation. With the cooperation of the law enforcement commandos, they struck and destroyed the enemy aircraft in southern Isfahan. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran also stated on the same day that during the U.S. military's pilot rescue mission, Iran's armed forces carried out a multi-department joint operation and destroyed the enemy aircraft. Currently, this information has not been confirmed by the U.S. side. On the same day, according to a report on the website of The New York Times, two U.S. military transport planes encountered malfunctions and were "stranded" while conducting a pilot rescue mission in Iran. The U.S. military subsequently dispatched three new aircraft to continue the rescue mission and destroyed the two malfunctioning transport planes.