Iran’s ‘missing’ pilots found alive: Did US allies in Gulf just get a shocking warning from Tehran?

Iran has made a startling new claim about three military pilots missing since their Su-24 jets went down during attacks on Qatar amid the U.S.-Israel war. Tehran says Javad Salehi, Abdolmajid Dashtian and Omran Behraveshian survived and were captured alive by Qatari forces, while a fourth pilot was returned to Iran dead. Iranian officials allege the three have spent months in custody without contact with their families or access for Tehran's representatives. After months of uncertainty over their fate, why is Iran revealing the alleged capture only now?