Trump threatens to jail journalist who revealed news of American airman’s rescue in Iran

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he would demand that the journalist who ​first reported that an airman in Iran had been rescued reveal how they ‌got that information, and threatened to jail them if they refused, Reuters writes.

After a US fighter jet was shot down ​over Iran on Friday, several media outlets reported that one of the two airmen ​onboard had been successfully recovered by US rescue forces.

Trump said the disclosure had threatened the security of the ongoing operation to rescue the second airman, though that airman was eventually successfully recovered.

“We didn’t ​talk about the first one for an hour. Then somebody leaked something, which, ​we will hopefully find that leaker. We’re looking very hard to find that leaker,” Trump said.

It was not clear which media outlet or reporter Trump was referring to. The US president has ​privately complained to aides in recent weeks that media coverage of the ​US-Israeli war on Iran has been too negative; he has also publicly criticized the coverage of some news agencies.