Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi responded to Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao, who commented on the alleged attack on the US base in Bahrain.
Referring to Cao’s remarks in a post on his social media account, Araghchi said, “We appreciate Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao’s sincerity.”
Araghchi claimed that Iran’s armed forces had targeted the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain and other bases supporting US aggression. He said the US public deserved better than paying the cost of Israel’s wars.
In an interview with the New York-based Epoch Times newspaper, Acting Secretary of the Navy Cao had claimed that Iranian attacks had devastated the US naval base in Bahrain.