United States defence secretary Pete Hegseth Friday shared a photo of a tower appearing to collapse after the repeated strikes on Iran.
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According to news agency AP, the photo is of the Chabahar port tower though Hegseth himself didn't attribute the tower to or photo to any site.
Chabahar port has been a repeated target of American airstrikes. Iranian state media acknowledged a third round of strikes on the facility without immediately acknowledging the tower’s collapse.
Iran, however, described the tower as overseeing commercial traffic into the port. However, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard also operates at ports across the country.
Meanwhile, Tehran on Friday claimed that it had launched a fresh wave of attacks on US military facilities across the Gulf after American forces carried out a sixth straight night of strikes on Iranian military targets. The latest exchange marked another escalation in hostilities, with last month's ceasefire giving way to daily attacks by both sides.
