söndag 16 augusti 2026
Middle East Crisis Iran War
Iran offers bounty on American soldiers
Iran's military is offering a reward of the equivalent of 285,000 kronor for each killed or captured American soldier. This is what army chief Amir Hatami told the state news agency Irna, AFP reports. Women will receive double the amount.
No American soldiers have been in Iran since the rescue of a downed American pilot and a weapons systems officer in March. Since the US began the war with Iran at the end of February, 17 of the country's soldiers have been killed, all outside Iran.
Iran sharpens tone against Qatar over missing pilots
Iran's military is demanding access to three fighter pilots it claims are being held captive by Qatar, several media outlets report. According to Qatar, one of the pilots is dead – and the other two are missing.
The three Iranian pilots participated in an attack on the US military base Al Udeid in March. Their bomber was shot down by Qatar when they did not respond to calls, according to Reuters.
Qatar says it has made several unsuccessful contact attempts to share information about the search effort with Iran and return the remains of the dead pilot, Majid Kazemi. Iran has previously also declared him dead, but now accuses Qatar of holding all three captive and isolated from the outside world, according to AFP.
Iran is now demanding to send investigators from the Iranian air force to investigate the disappearances, and is urging the Red Cross to intervene so that the pilots can communicate with their families and with the country's diplomats, according to Al Jazeera.
Reports of health crisis denied “No, no, no”
The White House is fighting back after reports that sailors on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln are living in poor conditions and have suffered from mental stress.
President Donald Trump denies that relatives are worried, and does not think that the nine-month tour of duty has been too long.
– No, no, no, not long enough at all, he says according to AFP.
Defense Minister Peter Hegseth believes that the reporting is “completely incorrect” and Navy Minister Hung Cao says that the media is “trying to paint our soldiers as victims”.
Regarding reports that several sailors have attempted suicide, Cao says that a couple of cases of mental illness “have been treated without fatalities”.
Iran: Reward for dead or captured US soldier
Iran's military is offering a reward of the equivalent of 285,000 kronor to anyone who captures or kills an American soldier.
The background is a "large number of requests" to participate, according to army chief Amir Hatami, quoted by the state news agency Irna.
During the US war against Iran, no American ground troops have been used, with the exception of a rescue operation in April after a downed pilot.
Hatami did not give details on how or where the hunt for American soldiers will take place.
- Anyone who kills or captures and hands over an invading American soldier will receive a reward, Hatami said and continued:
- Brave Iranian women who do such an act will be rewarded double.
Hatami also reiterated the demand that the United States leave the Middle East.
Pope calls for end to violence in West Bank
Pope Leo XIV is once again calling for an end to violence against the Palestinian population in the West Bank, in a speech at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo near Rome.
He is also urgently calling on the international community to promote a two-state solution for a “just and lasting peace,” reports the German news agency DPA.
The pope later spread the same message on X.
In recent years, violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has increased. Radical settlers have recently besieged Palestinian homes in the village of Qusra in the northern West Bank.
Israeli military says it has intervened against settlers besieging Palestinians in the West Bank following pressure from the US
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