The social media post, which depicted a crumbling tower at Chabahar Port, was branded by the National Iranian American Council as "disgusting online revelry" in the face of widespread bombardment. Overnight strikes in southern Iran reportedly killed at least eight people, with military planners targeting routes connecting the strategic port of Bandar Abbas to Tehran. These operations, explicitly authorized by President Donald Trump, follow his public vow to dismantle the nation's power capacity to force diplomatic concessions.
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Hegseth Celebrates Destruction as US Bombing Campaign Hits Iran
Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth drew sharp condemnation Thursday after posting footage of a collapsing Iranian surveillance tower, an image highlighting the Trump administration’s intensifying aerial assault on the country’s civilian infrastructure, including critical bridges, power grids, and railway lines vital to the nation’s 90 million residents.
Legal experts and humanitarian groups warn that targeting infrastructure essential to civilian life violates international law. Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch, stated that commanders overseeing these strikes could face prosecution for the resulting humanitarian crisis. A recent report from the National Iranian American Council estimates the civilian death toll since the war began in late February has surpassed 2,000, with over 125,000 housing units destroyed and millions of people displaced by the ongoing US-Israeli campaign.
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