Iran has claimed to have shot down a second US F-35 fighter jet, according to reports from Mehr news agency, citing Reuters. The agency also stated that the survival of the pilot is unlikely.
Iran fired missiles at Israel and some Gulf nations while explosions were heard in Tehran and the central Iranian city of Isfahan on Friday, as the US prepared to further reinforce its military forces in the region.
The Iranian consulate in Mumbai shared a video of the F-35 jet on their X handle, saying 'Another enemy F-35 hit and downed by our #indigenous defence systems. Iran is a force to be reckoned with.'
AP reported that Iranian drones targeted Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi oil refinery on Friday, triggering fires at the facility. State-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp. confirmed the attack, saying firefighting teams were deployed to bring the blaze under control.
The refinery has been hit multiple times during this ongoing war.
President Donald Trump said that the US forces will keep hitting Iran ‘very hard’ in the next two or three weeks.
Iran has increased the intensity of attacks on Gulf region energy infrastructure and its tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas transits in peacetime, has sent oil prices skyrocketing.
