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US president says his country may carry out more strikes on oil hub as he urges allies to help open Strait of Hormuz.
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Iran has been laying traps and moving additional military personnel and air defenses to Kharg Island in recent weeks in preparation for a possible US operation to take control of the island, according to multiple people familiar with US intelligence reporting on the issue.
The U.S. struck Iran’s Kharg Island on Tuesday, hours before Trump’s deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Donald Trump warned the U.S. will completely obliterate all of Iran's electric generating plants, oil wells and Kharg Island if a peace deal is not reached.
The US unleashed targeted strikes on Iran’s critical Kharg Island on Tuesday — as President Trump chillingly declared that “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Roughly 50 strikes were carried out on military targets on the Islamic Republic’s oil-critical stronghold,
Experts say that holding the island would also be a challenge, because in addition to missiles and drones it would be well within artillery range from the Iranian mainland
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US Iran war LIVE updates: US–Iran tensions remain unresolved as Donald Trump announced an indefinite extension of the ceasefire at Pakistan’s request, citing appeals from Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir,
Kharg Island is a small rocky outcrop just 15 nautical miles (24km) off the coast of Iran. Ninety percent of Iran's crude oil comes through a terminal on the island - transported through pipes from the mainland.
The U.S. has struck Kharg Island a second time, hitting military targets again. If the U.S. were to hit the oil infrastructure there, that would be a serious blow to an already struggling global oil market.
The US president's comments come alongside briefings from US officials about the readiness of troops to carry out ground operations.
BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON, April 7 (Reuters) - U.S. strikes on Iran's Kharg Island do not represent a change in American strategy, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday as a U.S. official separately told Reuters the additional strikes on military targets did not impact oil infrastructure.
Tensions between the United States and Iran remain high despite a temporary ceasefire extension announced by US