A report states that there is nothing left of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' maritime observation tower at Chabahar port after US strikes. The tower, used to monitor vessel traffic to the Strait of Hormuz, had been targeted multiple times in recent weeks.
A new report states that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' maritime observation tower at Chabahar port has been completely obliterated, with nothing left standing. This confirms the total destruction of the structure, which had been targeted multiple times in recent weeks. The development follows earlier reports from Friday morning (06:08 Jerusalem) that the US military had completed the tower's collapse.
The story of the Chabahar tower's destruction unfolded rapidly on Friday. The initial reports came from unverified sources describing explosions in the port city (06:08 Jerusalem). Within hours, journalist Asaf Rozentzweig (N12) released footage of the strikes (06:08). The Zioneer then reported that the collapsed structure was the port's control tower, used for directing vessel traffic (06:08). Iranian media subsequently reported a third strike on the facility in less than a week (06:08), and a report indicated the US military had fully collapsed the tower (06:08). The new report now provides a definitive confirmation of total destruction.
As The Zioneer reported on Thursday (Jul 9, 12:43 Jerusalem), the US strike targeted the port's observation tower, not the airport control tower as some initial speculation suggested. The tower serves as a key observation post for monitoring vessel traffic to and from the Strait of Hormuz.
No further details are available regarding the specific timing of the final destruction or the source of the latest report.
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- ConfirmedIranian media report US strikes on Imam Ali base, Shahid Kalantari port in Chabahar
- StrongArabic security source: US warships within 150–250 km of Iran's Chabahar coast
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