Story by Anika Arora Seth,
Shelby Holliday,
Vera Bergengruen
MSN
The strikes on the base came after senior Trump officials spent months warning their Chinese counterparts that Chinese companies were providing #satellite imagery #Iran could use to target U.S. personnel and assets in the region, officials say. The Trump #administration sanctioned several Chinese companies in May, saying that supplying satellite imagery to Iran “threatens American and #partner personnel.”
Within three days of the July #attack, Iran released high-resolution images showing damage to three separate areas of the base. Publicly available lower-resolution satellite imagery analyzed by The Wall Street Journal showed damage to more than 20 structures across the three areas of the base.
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