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"Success built on failure" - Inside the US rescue of a pilot stuck in Iran
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April 7, 2026
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30:19Now PlayingA pilot hiding from Iranian forces is saved - two days after their fighter jet was shot down by a rocket launcher.
More than 100 US servicemen and women involved, in a military success that the president spent Monday lauding in front of the world's press.
All the while, his Tuesday evening deadline remains. A red line - that if crossed with no deal - will see US military forces turn Iran into "living hell". The president's words.
What will happen? And will Trump risk committing war crimes?
Plus: we speak to Americans who are already feeling the economic pinch of Trump's Iran war.
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