Araghchi welcomes US navy secretary’s Bahrain damage remarks

Araghchi welcomes US navy secretary’s Bahrain damage remarks Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has said Iran appreciated Hung Cao, acting US navy secretary, for publicly admitting that Iranian attacks on a key US naval base in Bahrain had caused extensive damage during the war. Cao, who is US president Donald Trump’s pick, had reportedly said that Iranians “blew the hell out of” the US base in Bahrain. In a post on X, Araghchi wrote: “Our powerful Armed Forces did indeed ‘blow the hell out of the 5th Fleet HQ

Localisation: Manama, Bahrain, Global
Source: Middle East Eye
Categorie: politics
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:02:01 +0100