The US military announced it destroyed an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) observation tower off the coast of the Strait of Hormuz, according to a statement reported by Israeli news site ynet. The claim comes amid a string of unverified IRGC claims of attacks on US forces in the region.
The US Army announced on Friday that it destroyed an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) observation tower off the coast of the Strait of Hormuz, according to a statement reported by Israeli news site ynet. The announcement is the first direct US military confirmation of action against the IRGC in the strategic waterway.
The US statement comes amid heightened tensions in the Gulf, where Iran's IRGC has made a series of unverified claims of attacks on US forces over the past week. As The Zioneer has reported, the IRGC claimed to have struck a US military facility in Kuwait (July 13), attacked a US vessel near Hormuz (July 14), destroyed a US Patriot radar in Bahrain (July 14), and downed a US drone over the strait (July 13). None of those claims have been independently confirmed by the US or other Western sources.
The US claim, while single-sourced, carries the weight of an official US military statement. No independent verification or additional details — such as the location of the tower or the method of destruction — have been reported. The Pentagon has not yet issued a separate statement.
2 developments
- StrongCENTCOM: US forces destroyed IRGC surveillance tower, degrading ability to coordinate attacks on civilian crew
- StrongCENTCOM: Destroyed IRGC observation tower on Iran's Gulf of Oman coast, used for decades to target shipping
- StrongIRGC Confirms Two Commercial Vessels Disabled in Strait of Hormuz, Warns of Further Action
- StrongIranian channels claim IRGC downed US drone over Strait of Hormuz
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