US denies claim it struck Iranian civilian infrastructure
Iran claimed Friday that the U.S. struck a railroad station and civilian airport.
In response, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command said the U.S. does not strike at civilians.
“The US military never targets civilians unlike Iran which has repeatedly attacked innocent mariners transiting the Strait of Hormuz and civilians in neighboring gulf countries,” according to Capt. Tim Hawkins, a CENTCOM spokesman.
In the recent wave of airstrikes CENTCOM has acknowledged U.S. forces have struck at military infrastructure facilities.
The distinction being that the U.S. may see facilities that Iran says are civilian in nature, but that CENTCOM says are being used by the IRGC to target shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
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