An affiliate of Iranian state TV claimed a US pilot was ejected from their aircraft over southwestern Iran Friday.

A US fighter jet has been shot down over Iran, three US sources said confirming Iranian state media reports. US forces have launched search and rescue efforts, the sources said. Potential rescue efforts appeared to be captured in video posted to social media and geolocated by CNN.

Iran claims it shot down a U.S. fighter jet, and two sources confirmed to CBS News that a search and rescue operation is underway.

The fate of the plane’s crew was unclear, as American officials scrambled to mount a search and rescue operation before Iran could get to any survivors, officials said. Iranian state media also said a jet had been downed.

Iran's Tasnim news agency is claiming the US is searching for one of its pilots; the BBC has contacted US Central Command for comment.

Iranian state media posted pictures of what it says is wreckage of a U.S. fighter jet it shot down over central Iran.

Iranian state media on Friday released photos of what it claimed is the wreckage of a US Air Force fighter jet downed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. CNN’s Paula Hancocks reports.

Iranian media claimed Friday that a US pilot or pilots had ejected over southwestern Iran, and urged Iranians in the area to help hunt them down. U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon and White House didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.