Following unprecedented US airstrikes on Iranian military targets, President Trump announced the destruction of Kharg Island's military infrastructure. Iranian military officials simultaneously claimed to have crippled a US aircraft carrier and threatened retaliatory strikes against US forces allegedly hiding in UAE ports and US-backed energy facilities across the Middle East.
US Strikes Kharg Island Military Targets
Following the unprecedented wave of US and Israeli airstrikes on Iranian military infrastructure earlier this week, the pro-opposition monarchist channel
Iranncorg shared a statement from US President Donald Trump claiming absolute military dominance.
According to the channel, Trump announced that US Central Command executed one of the most powerful airstrikes in Middle Eastern history, completely destroying all military targets on Kharg Island, which he described as Iran's crown jewel. Trump stated he intentionally spared the island's oil infrastructure for humanitarian reasons, but issued a stark warning that he would immediately reconsider this decision if Iran or any other party interferes with the free and safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran Claims Naval Victory Over US Carrier
In stark contrast to the US narrative of dominance, Iranian state and aligned media are projecting sweeping military triumphs. General Shekarchi, the senior spokesman for the Iranian Armed Forces, announced that the USS Abraham Lincoln was severely damaged by a powerful offensive from Iranian armed forces.
According to the mainstream news aggregator آخرین خبر (Akharin Khabar), Shekarchi asserted that the Americans themselves admitted the aircraft carrier was taken out of the operational cycle and forced to flee. This claim was widely amplified across the Iranian media ecosystem, including by the Houthi-aligned
مقاومت اسلامی انصارالله یمن and the ostensibly reformist
حامیان پزشکیان. The latter channel
quoted Shekarchi urging Muslim nations not to trust the straw power of the US, which he claimed cannot even defend its own faltering army.
Evacuation Warnings Issued for UAE Ports
Iranian military forces have also issued direct threats against the United Arab Emirates, accusing it of harboring retreating American forces. The spokesman for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters claimed that the aggressor US army, having lost its regional military bases, is now hiding in and firing missiles from UAE ports, shipping docks, the Iranian island of Abu Musa, and parts of Kharg Island.
In a statement covered by آخرین خبر, the headquarters declared it the legitimate right of the Islamic Republic to target the origins of these enemy missiles. The headquarters further
issued an explicit warning to the Muslim people of the UAE to immediately evacuate ports, docks, and American hideouts within Emirati cities to avoid being harmed.
Threats to Regional Energy Infrastructure
Building on earlier warnings to ignite Middle Eastern energy infrastructure, the hardline conservative daily
روزنامه وطن امروز published a detailed list of regional targets vulnerable to Iranian retaliation. Following the Supreme Leader's directive to continue a regret-inducing defense and utilize the leverage of blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the IRGC Aerospace Force identified Israel's Leviathan and Karish gas fields as primary targets.
The publication warned that all regional energy installations featuring direct US investment are legitimate and destructible targets. Specifically, the daily listed Saudi Arabia's Samref refinery (an ExxonMobil joint venture), the Sadara petrochemical complex (Chevron), the UAE's Ras Laffan and Al Hosn facilities, and Qatar's Q-Chem, asserting that targeting these facilities would inflict massive economic damage on the United States and the West.