US-Iran conflict escalates with attacks on Iran's Chabahar port and US base Al Harir in Iraq

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a photograph showing a tower demolished at the strategic Chabahar port in Iran’s Omani Sea, a facility Tehran says was used to monitor commercial shipping. The United States’ Central Command confirmed that its forces have been conducting nightly airstrikes against Iranian military targets for a sixth and seventh consecutive night, aiming to further degrade Iran’s capabilities and enforce a naval blockade in the Hormuz Strait. President Donald Trump authorized the operations, which have included the diversion of commercial vessels and the disabling of a ship that attempted to breach the blockade.

Separately, social‑media posts claim that the American Al Harir airbase in northern Iraq was struck by an explosion. No official confirmation or casualty figures have been released, and independent verification of the damage remains pending. The allegation emerges amid the heightened U.S.–Iran confrontation, following a series of reciprocal attacks on military assets in the region.