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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-03T16:17:21.000Z",
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    "Keir Starmer urged to answer plea of brave Iranian dissident as Tories 'stand ready' to support emergency action",
    "Britain to ‘comprehensively reject’ Iran’s shakedown of ships in Strait of Hormuz",
    "Iranian dissident risks life to send powerful message to Keir Starmer from inside war-torn country",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nA crew member from an American fighter jet that was shot down over Iran has been rescued by US forces.\n\nIranian officials called on civilians to be on the lookout for survivors and have flooded social media with images that purport to show wreckage from the aircraft.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe governor of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province said anyone who captured or killed the crew \"would be specially commended,\" Iran's semi-official news agency ISNA reported.\n\nThe incident follows threats by US President Donald Trump to bomb the country back to the \"Stone Age,\" including to attack Iran's energy infrastructure and desalination plants, as he presses Tehran to end the war on U.S. terms.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**_More to follow..._**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Keir Starmer urged to answer plea of brave Iranian dissident as Tories 'stand ready' to support emergency action\n  * Britain to ‘comprehensively reject’ Iran’s shakedown of ships in Strait of Hormuz\n  * Iranian dissident risks life to send powerful message to Keir Starmer from inside war-torn country\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "'US pilot rescued' after Iran shoots down fighter jet as urgent search for second serviceman still underway"
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