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US airstrikes on Friday (July 17) appeared to have brought down a surveillance tower at Iran's Chabahar port on the Gulf of Oman, a key trade gateway for Afghanistan.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared an image that appeared to show the surveillance tower collapsing. The same image had earlier circulated on social media through activist accounts before Hegseth reposted it.
Chabahar port has been repeatedly targeted by US airstrikes. Iranian state media confirmed a third round of strikes on the facility but did not immediately acknowledge the collapse of the tower.
Iran said the tower was used to oversee commercial traffic entering the port. However, the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard also operates at ports across Iran.
Catch all the latest US-Iran war live updates here.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared an image that appeared to show the surveillance tower collapsing. The same image had earlier circulated on social media through activist accounts before Hegseth reposted it.
Chabahar port has been repeatedly targeted by US airstrikes. Iranian state media confirmed a third round of strikes on the facility but did not immediately acknowledge the collapse of the tower.
Iran said the tower was used to oversee commercial traffic entering the port. However, the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard also operates at ports across Iran.
Catch all the latest US-Iran war live updates here.
