Iran's IRGC Claims Downing US F-18 Jet, Releases Video; US Denies Incident

• Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed on March 25 to have shot down a US F-18 fighter jet, releasing a video.
• The IRGC described the aircraft as "successfully targeted" but provided no details on location, damage, or pilot status.
• The United States military, Pentagon, and CENTCOM have not confirmed any such loss, with US officials repeatedly dismissing similar reports.
• CENTCOM stated that American forces conducted over 8,000 combat flights under Operation Epic Fury with no US fighter aircraft shot down by Iranian forces.
• The claim follows Iran's rejection of a peace proposal from former US President Donald Trump as "extremely maximalist and unreasonable."