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18:26
CENTCOM Says Strike Destroyed Iranian Maritime Surveillance Tower
The maritime control tower in Chabahar, southern Iran (file photo)
The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces destroyed a surveillance tower at the Shahid Kalantari commercial port in the southeastern Iranian city of Chabahar.
It described the tower as part of a maritime surveillance network used “for decades” by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) “to track and target commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.”
CENTCOM said in an X post on July 17 that the destruction of the tower the previous day “directly degrades IRGC’s ability to coordinate attacks on innocent civilian crew members” and would help protect freedom of navigation in regional waters.
It included what it said was footage of the strike in its post.
Iranian authorities had previously said that the Chabahar maritime watchtower was used to ensure the safety of civilian navigation. The US military says that was instead used to support attacks on merchant vessels.
With reporting by RFE/RL’s Radio FardaShare
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15:47
US Strikes Hit Military, Infrastructure Sites In Iran As Tehran Threatens More Gulf States
As US forces targeted military sites and infrastructure, primarily in southern Iran, for the sixth night on July 16-17, Tehran responded by announcing it was launching strikes on five Persian Gulf states, including attacks on US military forces in Syria and Bahrain. Tehran’s claims could not be independently verified. (Video by RFE/RL’s Radio Farda and Will Tizard)
