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Friday, July 17, 2026
Hegseth shares image appearing to show tower collapse at Iran’s Chabahar port
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shares an image on X of a tower appearing to collapse at Iran’s Chabahar port on the Gulf of Oman following a series of overnight strikes.
The image circulated on social media via anti-Iranian government activists prior to Hegseth sharing it.
Chabahar port, which Iran has been running with support from India, 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 has described the tower as overseeing commercial traffic into the port. However, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps also operates at other ports across the country.
https://t.co/jZlSVRePRC pic.twitter.com/Nj5o0oiphH
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) July 17, 2026
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