IRGC Spokesman Dismisses US Media Account of Pilot Rescue as 'Fabricated'
Iran's Revolutionary Guards spokesman said a Hollywood-style narrative reported by US media about the rescue of an American pilot cannot alter facts on the battlefield.
TEHRAN — The spokesman for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday that a dramatic account circulated by US media describing the rescue of an American pilot in Iran was fabricated, according to Mehr News.
The spokesman, quoted by the Tehran-based outlet, said such narratives, which he compared to a Hollywood-style production, cannot change the realities on the battlefield.
Mehr News did not provide further details on the specific incident referenced by US media outlets or additional context about the alleged rescue operation.
The IRGC has previously pushed back against Western media reports it characterizes as propaganda, though the news agency's report did not specify which US outlets carried the original account or when the purported rescue took place.
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- Fabricated narratives cannot change realities on battlefield — Mehr News (Iran)
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