{"id":19788,"date":"2026-04-05T05:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=19788"},"modified":"2026-04-05T05:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T05:35:24","slug":"speculation-grows-over-possible-u-s-pilot-capture-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/05\/speculation-grows-over-possible-u-s-pilot-capture-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Speculation grows over possible U.S. pilot capture in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: There is no official confirmation that Iran has captured a U.S. pilot, despite emerging speculation following a recent incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A former military officer, speaking anonymously to the BBC, said it is possible that Iranian forces may have located or even detained a pilot but have chosen not to disclose it publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIran may have identified the pilot\u2019s location but could be deliberately staying silent to avoid drawing U.S. rescue operations into a trap,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The officer added that in such situations, pilots typically attempt to hide or discard their military uniforms and equipment to reduce the risk of identification and capture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, neither the United States nor Iran has issued any official statement confirming or denying the claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: There is no official confirmation that Iran has captured a U.S. pilot, despite emerging speculation following a recent incident. A former military officer, speaking anonymously to the BBC, said it is possible that Iranian forces may have located or even detained a pilot but have chosen not to disclose it publicly. \u201cIran may have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19790,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19788\/revisions\/19790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}