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How a perilous US rescue mission in Iran nearly went off course

Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Humeyra Pamuk of Reuters, Published on 06/04/2026

» WASHINGTON - The rescue had unfolded with near‑perfect precision. Under cover of darkness, US commandos slipped deep into Iran, undetected, scaled a 7,000‑foot ridge and pulled a ​stranded American weapons specialist to safety, moving him toward a secret rendezvous point before dawn on Sunday. Then everything stopped.