Tag: #Tehran

MSN : US links Chinese satellite imagery to Iranian strike that #killed three #troops

Story by Anika Arora Seth,
Shelby Holliday,
Vera Bergengruen
MSN

Before #Iran carried out its attack that killed three U.S. troops in July, #Tehran acquired high-resolution satellite images of the base in Jordan from Chinese entities, according to U.S. officials familiar with details of the #incident.

It is the clearest #evidence so far that Chinese support for Iran during the #war has had lethal #consequences for U.S. forces, according to the officials, who say the U.S. has #connected the imagery to the #attack.

The Times of #Israel : Their deaths were the first US #military fatalities of the #Iran war since an April ceasefire and marked a major #escalation in the #conflict.

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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The Times of #Israel : Senior US officials reportedly brought up the imagery from the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base with their Chinese counterparts.

By ToI Staff
12 September 2026, 7:59 pm

But #Beijing rejected the #allegation and demanded that Washington provide #evidence, the Journal cited its sources as saying.

A spokesperson for #China embassy in #Washington told the newspaper that cooperation between Beijing and #Tehran was consistent with #InternationalLaw and #accused unnamed critics of “maliciously linking and smearing other countries.”