Trump threatens further strikes on Iran's Kharg Island
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What to know about Kharg Island, the tiny coral outcrop at the heart of Iran’s oil industry
During the first two weeks of the latest war in the Middle East, as US and Israeli strikes rained down on military and energy facilities across Iran, one site went conspicuously untouched.
A comment Trump made in 1988 while on a book tour shows that Kharg Island has long occupied a place in his thinking about Iran.
Iran has fired hundreds of missiles and drones at Arab Gulf neighbors during the war, but it has said it was targeting U.S. assets, even as hits or
Kharg Island is a small, heavily fortified, and strategically valuable island off Iran's northern coast.
Trump also threatens to hit island’s oil infrastructure if Tehran does not allow passage for ships via Strait of Hormuz
Kharg Island, targeted in US air strikes overnight, is a scrubby stretch of land in the Gulf that handles almost all of Iran's crude exports.
President warns he would attack oil infrastructure if Tehran impeded more shipments through the Strait of Hormuz
Kharg Island serves as the centerpiece for Iran's oil industry, accounting for roughly 90% of the country’s crude exports.