By ToI Staff
12 September 2026, 7:59 pm
US officials say imagery of Jordan air base was provided ahead of and after #attack that #killed 3 troops; Beijing rejects #allegation and demands #Washington provide #evidence
Chinese entities supplied Iran with high-quality #satellite imagery of a US Air Force base in Jordan both before and after Tehran launched a deadly #BallisticMissile attack on the facility on July 17, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing US officials familiar with the matter.
The officials, who declined to identify the Chinese entities, said Washington had linked the satellite imagery to the strike, providing what they described as the clearest evidence yet that Chinese support for Tehran during the war had contributed to the #deaths of US troops. They stopped short, however, of accusing Beijing of directly participating in the attack, according to the Journal.