Iranian military official Sardar Fadavi claims Iran shot down an American F-15 south of Tehran and asserts that US President Donald Trump is desperately seeking a ceasefire.
According to the Iranian state-aligned breaking news channel خبرفوری ࡆ اخبارفوری مذاکره ࡆ جنگ فوری, IRGC Commander Sardar Fadavi announced that Iranian forces "shot down an American F-15 fighter jet south of Tehran". Fadavi further emphasized that the Iranian military is actively bolstering its capabilities in response to the engagement, declaring that they are strengthening air defense systems so that "no fighter jet will ever approach our borders again."
Multiple Iranian war-focused channels, which consistently amplify Islamic Republic military messaging and anti-American narratives, are concurrently highlighting Fadavi's claims regarding the American diplomatic posture following the alleged incident. The pro-state channel خبرفوری جنگ🚨اخبارفوری امریکا فوری quoted the commander as stating that US President Donald Trump is "desperately looking for a ceasefire!"
Similarly, اخبارفوری خبرفوری جنگ امریکا فوری—in a post that was also circulated by Khorasan Online—reiterated Fadavi's assertion that "since yesterday, Trump himself has been seeking to declare a ceasefire." Across these channels, the coordinated messaging projects a clear state narrative of Iranian military superiority alongside alleged American desperation.
The source messages uniformly reflect Iranian state media and IRGC narratives, utilizing strong, boastful language to project military dominance and characterize the US as desperate. All claims of downed aircraft and ceasefire requests originate from a single Iranian military figure (Sardar Fadavi), with no independent or external corroboration provided within this dataset.