US EditionIran threatens to retaliate against region for US Kharg Island attack
Iran claims the U.S. used three UAE ports to launch strikes on Kharg Island and urges evacuation amid warnings of retaliation targeting regional infrastructure.
- On Saturday, Iran's joint military command reiterated it would strike U.S.-linked oil, economic and energy infrastructures, with Ebrahim Zolfaghari naming targets tied to American companies.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump said the U.S. obliterated military sites on Kharg Island, while U.S. Central Command reported destroying naval mine and missile storage facilities.
- Iran urged evacuations of Dubai's Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi's Khalifa and Fujairah ports, claiming U.S. forces sheltered there, The Associated Press reported.
- Debris from an intercepted Iranian drone hit a UAE oil facility, and Iraq renewed its Level 4 security alert, prompting the U.S. to send 2,500 Marines and the USS Tripoli to the Middle East.
- The Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint, faces disruption if Iran's oil infrastructure is attacked, while Israel's air force hit more than 200 targets in the last 24 hours.
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