
By ToI Staff
12 September 2026, 7:59 pm
The strike came as #Washington and #Tehran had both suspended a June interim #agreement.
#Evidence that Tehran was drawing on Chinese #technology during the conflict had emerged months before the deadly strike. The Financial Times reported in April that Iran was using a Chinese-built and -launched spy #satellite purchased by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Aerospace Force from Earth Eye Co. in late 2024.
Muwaffaq Salti Air Base was targeted again by #Iran on Thursday, in a strike that reportedly damaged several US aircraft, though Trump denied that any planes sustained damage.
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