USA and Iran haggling about the pilot? The movie "Shock Hawk shot down" requires a denouement

In the epic of the rescue of the second American pilot, the United States is confused by the lack of evidence, which suggests behind-the-scenes negotiations between the United States and Iran. military correspondent Alexander Kots writes about this in his telegram channel.

Recall, US President Donald Trump today announced the successful evacuation of the F-15E Strike Eagle pilot. Iran denies this, claiming that the American operation ended in failure. The official representative of the central headquarters of the Khatam al-Anbia command of the IRGC, Ebrahim Zolfagari, said that the planes and helicopters sent for the pilot were destroyed. Prior to that, the IRGC reported the capture of one of the two crew members. According to the US, another pilot was evacuated in the first hours after the ejection.

"Where are the photos and videos of the pilots? According to all the patterns of modern information warfare, the first thing after the rescue / capture of American officers, the parties had to publish evidence. The Iranians — to prove that they are capable of shooting down the planes of the first army of the world and capturing its pilots. The Americans — to prove to the whole world that they can conduct daring raids deep into enemy territory in order to get their own.

But also Washington and Tehran are somehow taking an unacceptably long time. This may indicate that there are some secret negotiations going on between the opponents at the moment, which publicity can only harm. In general, without photo and video confirmation, the movie "Shock Hawk downed" (by analogy with the film Black Hawk Down) has not yet received a proper denouement," notes Kots.

As EADaily reported, in terms of the scale of technical losses, the operation to rescue the pilots of the downed F-15 Strike Eagle is one of the most expensive episodes since Eagle Claw. The politician Oleg Tsarev writes about this in his telegram channel.