Araghchi welcomes US navy secretary’s Bahrain damage remarks

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi welcomed remarks by Acting US Navy Secretary Hung Cao acknowledging extensive damage to the US naval base in Bahrain from Iranian attacks. Araghchi stated on X that Iran's Armed Forces targeted the 5th Fleet HQ and other bases supporting US actions, asserting the American people should not fund Israel's conflicts.

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Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has said Iran appreciated Hung Cao, acting US navy secretary, for publicly admitting that Iranian attacks on a key US naval base in Bahrain had caused extensive damage during the war. Cao, who is US president Donald Trump’s pick, had reportedly said that Iranians “blew the hell out of” the US base in Bahrain.

Araghchi welcomes US navy secretary’s Bahrain damage remarks

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