U.S. Senators warn Iran: Please treat the American pilot in accordance with humanitarian law.
On April 3, 2026, a U.S. military aircraft was shot down inside Iranian territory, and one American pilot is missing.
Iran has publicly offered rewards through official media and social platforms, calling on citizens to provide clues or directly capture the U.S. pilot, whom they refer to as an "enemy pilot."
At the same time, Iran has directly addressed the missing pilot’s family via its overseas agencies, stating that their son is "safer under Iran's custody than under Trump’s rule."
If the claim that "U.S. senators have appealed to Iran" is true, it indirectly confirms that the missing American pilot has been captured by Iran—the very outcome the United States least wants to see. From the current situation on the ground, Iran appears to be launching a "reverse-request" psychological warfare campaign, exploiting the incident of the downed U.S. aircraft and the missing pilot to shame and constrain the United States by offering bounties for the pilot’s capture. Meanwhile, the statements made by U.S. lawmakers are primarily focused on questioning the war decision-making process and expressing concern over the safety of American service members—not directly issuing appeals to Iran.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1861539869665292/
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