U.S. on Track With Main Military Objective, Centcom Commander Says -- WSJ

Dow Jones03-23

By Noemie Bisserbe

The U.S. military is on track to achieve its main objective of degrading Iran's ability to project power, Adm. Brad Cooper, head of U.S. Central Command, said Sunday.

Speaking to Iran International, a London-based TV channel funded by Saudi Arabia, Cooper said Tehran's attacks against civilian facilities show it is desperate.

"In the last couple of weeks, they've attacked civilian targets very deliberately, more than 300 times," he said.

Separately, in a post on X, Central Command shared photos of a factory that made gas turbine engines for attack drones and aircraft components used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Centcom said it had destroyed the Qom production plant in early March.

This item is part of a Wall Street Journal live coverage event. The full stream can be found by searching P/WSJL (WSJ Live Coverage).

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