US EditionU.S. weighs options in Iran conflict, including Kharg Island and uranium security amid escalation risks
Kharg Island handles about 90% of Iran’s crude exports, making it a strategic target to disrupt funding despite risks of severe retaliation, analysts and researchers say.
- The White House is weighing a seizure of Kharg Island that would require U.S. boots on the ground, with officials considering strikes and Trump claiming 'We've totally decimated it.'
- Because Kharg Island handles approximately 90% of Iran's crude exports, Royal United Services Institute energy researcher Petras Katinas warned losing it would make it 'difficult for the country to function'.
- Satellite imagery Wednesday showed multiple tankers loading at Kharg Island, and Iran has exported 13.7 million barrels since the war started; the island sits about 21 miles off Iran's coast.
- Those warnings come as analysts flag regional escalation risks: JP Morgan analysts caution a strike on Kharg would trigger severe Iranian retaliation across the Strait of Hormuz, and Yair Lapid wrote on X last week urging destruction of Iran's energy infrastructure.
- Amid debate over ground options, Kellogg told Fox News 'They're not going to march to Tehran,' while RIMPAC exercise will involve more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel.
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Seizing Iran’s ‘crown jewel’ would be a suicide mission
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering seizing Iran’s Kharg Island, which he calls Iran’s “crown jewel” because it houses a terminal that processes about 90% of Iran’s oil exports. After the U.S. bombed Kharg last week but spared its oil facilities, leading Iran hawks urged Trump to finish the job. “Mr. President: Take Kharg Island, this war is over!” exhorted Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), for his part, fl…
What Would A Take Down Of Kharg Island Look Like? CMDR Dan O'Shea (USN, Ret) - Armed Forces Press
L Todd Wood talks with former SEAL and Naval Academy graduate CMDR Dan O'Shea (USN, Ret) about a possible seizure of Iranian Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. If the video embed doesn't load, go here. The post What Would A Take Down Of Kharg Island Look Like? CMDR Dan O'Shea (USN, Ret) appeared first on Armed Forces Press.
Analysis suggests that U.S. President Donald Trump’s consideration of seizing Kharg Island, a key Iranian oil export hub, as a military option cannot be viewed as a mere impromptu provocation. This is because such a high-risk military concept was already firmly established in the mind of Trump, who was a 41-year-old businessman at the time, 38 years ago in 1988.
Graham says ‘no reason’ to invade Iran, but Trump should ‘take’ Kharg Island
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) late Tuesday said President Trump has “no reason” to invade Tehran but urged the president to “take” Kharg Island to cripple the Iranian regime’s economy. “No, we’re not going to evade Iran,” Graham told Fox News’s Sean Hannity. “There’s no reason to, we’re going to destroy their ability to hurt us,…
Seizure of Kharg Island to full-scale invasion: US eyes next steps in Iran war
White House weighing options for next stage of Iran war, which will likely require ground forces either for targeted operations or for a large-scale ground campaign. By World Israel News Staff The Trump White House is weighing the use of ground forces in Iran, Fox News reported Tuesday, after 19 days of airstrikes failed to topple the regime. According to an analysis by Fox News, the options available to the White House for expanding the war ran…
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