On August 13, 2026, an OSINT account shared satellite imagery released by Iranian media that showed the results of missile and drone strikes carried out in July 2026. The images reportedly cover four sites: an AN/TPS-57 radar at Al Dhafra Air Base, the Habshan oil refinery, and a U.S. aluminum company facility, all in the UAE, as well as a data center in Bahrain. A quoted post in the same thread added a claim of damage to a 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 Bahrain were damaged, and ABC News reported visual analysis showing Iran hit at least three bases hosting U.S. assets in the Gulf. The strikes occurred after a June 2026 ceasefire collapsed and President Trump declared the truce over in July 2026.
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 strikes on U.S.-linked and Gulf state infrastructure, highlighting Iran’s ongoing information-warfare campaign.