The US military’s Central Command on Friday shared the video of its forces carrying out a targeted strike on a key Iranian surveillance facility at Chabahar’s Shahid Kalantari Port, claiming it has significantly weakened the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) ability to monitor and target vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Chabahar port lies on the Gulf of Oman and serves as a key trade route.
“On July 16, U.S. forces successfully destroyed the Chah Bahar Shahid Kalantari Port surveillance tower, part of a maritime surveillance network along Iran’s Gulf of Oman coastline used for decades by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to track and target commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” the US CENTCOM posted on X (formerly Twitter).
“The destruction of the tower directly degrades IRGC’s ability to coordinate attacks on innocent civilian crew members. Furthermore, the strike protects freedom of navigation in regional waters for all vessels, except for ships attempting to violate the ongoing U.S. naval blockade against Iran,” the CENTCOM added.
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