On August 13, 2026, the OSINT account MenchOsint shared satellite imagery released by Iranian media showing the results of missile and drone strikes from July 2026. The images reportedly cover four locations: an AN/TPS-57 radar at Al Dhafra Air Base, the Habshan oil refinery, and a U.S. aluminum company facility in the UAE, along with a data center in Bahrain. A quoted post in the same thread added a claim of damage to the residence of U.S. soldiers and officers in Erbil, Iraq.
These claims align with mainstream reports from late July 2026. Bloomberg and Yahoo Finance reported that satellite images showed Amazon Web Services data centers in Zallaq and Askar, Bahrain, were damaged in Iranian strikes, while ABC News reported visual analysis showing hits on at least three Gulf bases hosting U.S. assets. The strikes followed the collapse of the June 2026 ceasefire and a declaration by President Trump in July 2026 that the truce was over.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps framed the strikes as retaliation for earlier U.S. and Israeli attacks on its nuclear and military facilities during the 2026 war. While the specific claims regarding the Al Dhafra radar, Habshan refinery, and Erbil residence have not been independently verified by mainstream outlets, they fit a broader, corroborated pattern of Iranian strikes on U.S.-linked and Gulf state infrastructure, highlighting Iran’s continued publicizing of strike footage as part of an apparent information-warfare campaign.