India, April 7 -- US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would push the journalist who first reported the rescue of an airman in Iran to reveal their source and also warned that they could face jail if they refused.

The US leader had earlier posted about the search-and-rescue mission on social media on Sunday. He said the first pilot had been pulled out after an F-15E Strike Eagle crash in broad daylight, during a seven-hour operation over Iran. Trump added that the aircraft had been brought down by an Iranian "handheld shoulder missile" that was "heat-seeking." Follow US-Iran war live updates here.

Notably, after a US fighter jet was shot down over Iran on Friday, multiple media organisations reported that one of the two airmen on...