New Delhi, July 17 -- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday (local time) shared an image of a tower appearing to collapse after Washington launched repeated strikes against Iran on his social media account.

According to news agency AP, the image is reportedly of the Chabahar port tower; however, the US defense secretary did not attribute the tower or the image to any site.

The development came hours after the US military expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran by launching attacks on bridges and destroying a tower at Chabahar port on the Gulf of Oman, as part of US President Donald Trump's threats to start striking infrastructure to force the Islamic Republic to ease its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. In retaliation, Te...