Iran Claims US Pilot Downed, Oil Prices Soar

0:00On April 3rd, an Iranian TV channel claims a U.S. fighter pilot ejected from their jet over the rural mountains of southwestern Iran on Friday. They say it's the first time they've gone public like this, showing metal debris in a pickup truck, but no clear proof on what down the plane. The channel urged locals to hand over any enemy pilot to police for a reward, and an earlier message even told folks to shoot on site based on social. Media clips of supposed U.S. aircraft nearby. No word, yet from the U.S. Central Command, Pentagon, or White House, even as this ramps of tensions in a war that's dragging into its fifth week. Meanwhile, Iran keeps hitting targets across the region, sparking fires that Kuwait's main oil refinery and damaging a key desalination plan that. Supplies drinking water to Gulf states. All prices are spiking hard, with Brent Crude hitting around $109 a barrel, up over 50% since Iran squeezed the strait, of Hormuz, and shook global markets to the core.