'No US aircraft were shot down...': US denies Iranian claim of aircraft shot down near Bushehr

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:01][music] >> The United States rejected Iranian media reports claiming a US aircraft was shot down over Iran's Bushehr province with a US official saying no American aircraft had been destroyed near the region.

[00:00:21]US Central Command in a post on X rejected claims by Iranian media that a US aircraft was shot [music] down in the country.

[00:00:32]The incident involved the downing of a hostile aircraft semi-official Tasnim News Agency quoted Tangestani as saying adding that the situation in the city had returned to normal.

[00:00:48]The report surfaced amid heightened Gulf tensions despite signs that Washington and Tehran were moving toward [music] extending a ceasefire and easing shipping restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz.

[00:01:03]The latest claims came hours after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reportedly targeted four vessels [music] near the Strait of Hormuz including ships allegedly linked to the United States.

[00:01:19]Meanwhile, the United States on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions [music] targeting Iran's military linked oil trade network.

[00:01:30]The US Treasury Department said it had blacklisted [music] eight vessels accused of transporting Iranian crude oil and petroleum products. [music] >> Well, we're starting to see this disruption of the oil supply into the Strait of Hormuz affect economic data.

[00:01:47]Um, you know, first is there a deal on the table for a 60-day ceasefire to continue that and then second, um, how fast could inflation then recede or retreat or is inflation sticky because the PCE was a three-year high.

[00:02:02]>> Uh well, fir- first of all, PCE today month month month was.2, which was we're we're looking at decimal points, but the estimate was.3. So, one month doesn't a trend make. And you know, what we've seen is actually oil prices are down about 10% in May. There are almost 2,000 ships waiting to come out of the Gulf, and I think the oil market is going to be very well supplied on the other side of this, and that we could see prices come down very quickly. We saw the UAE the leave OPEC. So, I I would expect on the other side of this that gasoline prices will follow >> Is there something on the table?

[00:02:41]>> Sorry?

[00:02:41]>> Is there an agreement with Iran on the table?

[00:02:43]>> Uh the the teams have been going back and forth, and President Trump has made it very clear. He talked about it at the cabinet meeting that he he has several red lines. And Iran has to turn over their highly enriched uranium. They cannot pursue a nuclear weapon, and the Strait of Hormuz, back to your question on energy, has to free transit. Navigation of the seas has to be free and open as it was before. So, he's not going to take a bad deal. He's got to make a great deal for the American people.

[00:03:17]>> Mr. Secretary, something that came up yesterday also at the cabinet meeting, President Trump said, "Oman will behave just like everybody else or we will have to blow them up."

[00:03:26]Are you guys back there in the West Wing making plans for a new war with Oman?

[00:03:30]>> Uh I again, I think the President wanted to punctuate freedom of navigation in the Strait. I had a call with the Omani ambassador this morning, and he assured me that there were no plans for tolling the Strait. As he said, our countries have had 200 years of good relations. He wants to have another 200 more, and you know, I told him that this was a non-starter and he did not want to risk either the Omani individuals or Omani financial institutions to getting sanctioned.

[00:04:05]>> Mr. Secretary, is it in the US interest to waive some sanctions on Iran or to unfreeze some of their assets before Iran has made concrete promises about getting rid of their nuclear program?

[00:04:19]>> I I I Again, I'm not going to preview the deal, but I I would think that the things would go very slowly the in terms of that. So, you know, we'll we'll see.

[00:04:32]>> Just to follow up on that because it's our understanding that the US has committed to discussing the matter of sanctions relief during this negotiation period. So, just to be clear, is sanctions relief for Iran on the table?

[00:04:42]>> I I Again, it it is a multi-faceted agreement and nothing is going to be on the table until we see the Strait of Hormuz open and the Iranians agree that they they have to turn over the the highly enriched uranium and that they can't have a nuclear program. And And to be clear here, that this administration, President Trump has done something that no other administration has able to do.

[00:05:12]We have gotten the Iranians to talk about their nuclear program and to perhaps commit to not having one. That is never happened before. It had been off the table. So, I think you know, when you look at the results of the kinetic action of our economic pressure, it has worked to bring them to the table and have a discussion on this.

[00:05:31]>> Mr. Secretary, I I just want to follow up. You said that the teams have been going back and forth, but can you confirm whether or not a tentative agreement has been reached in these negotiations with Iran?

[00:05:42]>> I Again, everything depends on what the president wants to do and President Trump is not going to make a bad deal for the American people, for the the US, and he was very clear at the cabinet meeting on the yesterday what he wants. Yes.

[00:06:00]>> So I I'd like to ask you if you can provide a little more detail on what you're doing to shut down Iran's airlines and also on sanctions relief a senior administration official briefed reporters over the weekend that sanctions relief will be commensurate with nuclear concessions. But at some point if the enriched uranium is given up should we expect pallets of cash to be flown to Iran? Can you describe how that looks?

[00:06:22]>> Well, I a couple of things. On on the airlines one one thing that we're not going to do is restrict movement for religious reasons. So Iranians who want to make the pilgrimage the to Mecca or Medina will be allowed. We will also allow valid humanitarian reasons. But the the other thing we can do is that when these airlines fly have to be refueled, they sell tickets, they pay landing fees.

[00:06:48]Anyone who accepts those we will sanction. So they should be very clear that the state-owned Iranian airlines the are outlaws and cannot do this.

[00:06:59]>> Secretary Secretary since you are the White House briefer today, I know you've been asked this already but I'm wondering if you can just confirm on the record that there is a tentative deal that has been agreed for a 60-day extension of the ceasefire and then a continuation of nuclear talks.

[00:07:17]>> I I I again it's always a mistake to get out ahead of the president. So it is all going to be the president's decision. I think that we we can see that the president very clearly stated out stated his three the open the street highly enriched uranium, no nuclear program. So >> Are those Are those of the the temporary deal right now, sir? Are those three aspects that you just outlined part of the temporary deal [snorts] that has been agreed?

[00:07:51]>> But if there can be no deal without those, why would there be a deal without those?

[00:07:56]>> First, did you speak with the president uh before this briefing? Did he show any willingness to this 60-day uh ceasefire extension?

[00:08:04]>> I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I >> Sir, I just want to follow up. When can Americans, the average American, and can the US economy work for the average American without a deal with Iran?

[00:08:14]>> I I I I again, I I believe we've already seen uh oil prices come down uh substantially. Uh we are pumping more oil than what we've ever seen before.

[00:08:25]And uh I uh as I said, these are short-term challenges that we will get over, and I think we'll move forward.

[00:08:33]>> there has been some back and forth over the last several days, and also with the US attacking Iranian drones yesterday.

[00:08:40]This morning, CENTCOM put out a statement that Iran launched its ballistic missile toward Kuwait, calling it an egregious ceasefire violation. How can the administration still argue that a ceasefire is in effect?

[00:08:51]>> I I again, uh with the Iranian with the Iranian government, we did not have regime change, but we changed the regime. As President Trump said at the cabinet meeting, as we've said other times, uh the the first layer of leadership with is they was eliminated, the second layer, and we're now at the third layer.

[00:09:11]And you know, the the way to think about it is the Iranian government, such as it is, they is three pillars. It is the elected government, it is the IRGC, and it is the clerics, and they are having trouble communicating. So, uh we are uh being patient. Uh we do not have unlimited patience. President Trump always prefers a peace deal. So, everything we have done thus far has been defensive, and present that is what we will continue doing. But if President Trump doesn't think he can get a peace deal, then connect it is back >> [music]