Iran MOCKS U.S Warplanes LOSS in CHILLING VIDEO: Thousand of Iranians GATHER At WRECKAGE SITE| Watch

Imagine being rallied around the charred skeleton of your enemy's warplane — in your own backyard. That's exactly what happened in Iran's Isfahan province this week. Thousands gathered at the site of downed U.S. aircraft. And the date? No coincidence. It was the 46th anniversary of one of America's most humiliating military disasters. Let's rewind to April 1980. 52 American diplomats were being held hostage inside the U.S. Embassy in Tehran after the Islamic Revolution. President Carter authorised a daring secret rescue mission — Operation Eagle Claw — sending Delta Force commandos deep into Iranian desert. It fell apart before it even reached Tehran. A collision between a helicopter and a C-130 transport plane at a desert staging area called Desert One killed eight U.S. servicemen. The mission was aborted. The wreckage was left behind. And Iran has never let America forget it.