New threats and a rescue in Iran: what to know after a busy weekend
- U.S. military executed a daring rescue of an F-15 weapons systems operator behind enemy lines in Iran.
- President Trump celebrated the rescue and issued new threats against Iranian infrastructure.
- Iran offered a bounty on the captured airman, escalating the urgency of the U.S. ope
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