The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Friday (local time) that it had "successfully destroyed" a surveillance tower at Iran's Shahid Kalantari Port in Chabahar, claiming the facility was part of a maritime surveillance network operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to monitor commercial shipping in the Gulf of Oman, particularly along the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

US airstrikes on Friday appeared to collapse a surveillance tower at Iran's Chabahar port. This key trade route for Afghanistan has been a repeated target of American strikes.…

US airstrikes hit Iran’s Chabahar port tower and key bridges near the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions over vital Gulf trade and military routes.

CENTCOM said it has been used for decades by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps