Trump shares report of U.S. strike on Iran’s Iranshahr air base
Trump amplifies an OSINT account claiming local officials confirmed American strikes hit an airfield used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force in southeastern Iran.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald Trump has amplified a report claiming U.S. strikes hit an Iranian air base in Iranshahr.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “OSINTdefender @sentdefender Local officials have now confirmed that U.S. strikes indeed targeted Iranshahr Airport/Airbase in the Southeastern Iranian city of Iranshahr, which is partially utilized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGC-AF).”, on Truth Social on July 8, 2026 at 10:48 PM EST.
The post attributes the confirmation to unnamed local officials cited by the open-source intelligence account OSINTdefender. It describes Iranshahr Airport as a facility in southeastern Iran that is partially used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force. The account said the strikes targeted the airfield, though no official U.S. or Iranian government statement accompanies the claim.
A large plume of smoke rises above an orange fire at an undisclosed location on 07/08/2026. The image was shared by former President Donald J.
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The shared image shows a nighttime scene with a large plume of smoke rising above an orange fire on the horizon, framed by rooftops, a palm tree, and utility poles. The photograph contains no independently verifiable location markers, and the strike, location, and image provenance remain unconfirmed (see truthsocial).
Readers will want to know who is affected and what happens next. The claim of a confirmed U.S. strike rests on a single open-source account citing anonymous officials, and neither Washington nor Tehran has publicly verified the event as described.