CENTCOM announces destruction of observation tower at Chabahar port to weaken IRGC's ability to target civilian ships

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that its forces successfully destroyed a surveillance tower at Iran’s Chabahar port, which is part of a maritime surveillance network extending along Iran’s coast on the Sea of Oman. In a post on the X platform, CENTCOM stated that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard had used the tower for decades to track and target commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM noted that the destruction of this tower directly weakens the Revolutionary Guard’s ability to coordinate attacks against crews of innocent civilian vessels. Furthermore, this strike contributes to safeguarding freedom of navigation in territorial waters for all ships, except those attempting to breach the current U.S. naval blockade imposed on Iran.