India, April 3 -- Local media in Iran on Friday claimed its Revolutionary Guards had downed two US fighter jets, including an F-15E, saying that its pilot had ejected from the aircraft over southwestern Iran.

Regarding the pilot, the anchor on the local channel of Iranian state television said that anyone who captures them will be rewarded. "If you capture the enemy pilot or pilots alive and hand them over to the police, you will receive a precious prize," the anchor said.

In addition to this, an on-screen crawl separately called on citizens to "shoot them if you see them", referring to an alleged social media footage being circulated of what appeared to be US aircraft in the area, the Associated Press reported. However, the channel did...