{"id":58527,"date":"2026-06-11T15:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=58527"},"modified":"2026-06-11T15:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:11:40","slug":"trump-says-us-will-be-taking-kharg-island-in-latest-iran-war-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=58527","title":{"rendered":"Trump says US will \u2018be taking\u2019 Kharg Island in latest Iran war threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al Jazeera:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">United States President Donald Trump has said the US will be hitting Iran \u201cvery hard tonight\u201d, adding the military will be \u201ctaking Kharg Island\u201d and other Iranian \u201coil infrastructure points in the not too distant future\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The threats, made in a Truth Social post on Thursday, come after the US and Iran traded&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2026\/6\/11\/iran-war-live-us-launches-attacks-on-multiple-iranian-targets\">two days of strikes<\/a>, threatening to derail ongoing negotiations for a lasting ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the statements indicate US willingness to return to a full-scale war, Trump has repeatedly alternated between bellicose threats and diplomatic overtures in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, he pledged that \u201ca whole civilisation will die\u201d just hours before a pause in fighting was agreed to, beginning on April 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT,\u201d Trump wrote on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAt some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets,\u201d Trump wrote, before referencing the US military action against Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That included the abduction of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. Maduro\u2019s replacement, Delcy Rodriguez, has overseen an opening of the country\u2019s state-controlled oil industry to foreign investors, under heavy US pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/3\/11\/the-orphan-pearl-inside-kharg-the-beating-heart-of-irans-oil-empire\">Kharg Island<\/a>, known as the \u201cForbidden Island\u201d due to its strict military control, processes 90 percent of Iran\u2019s crude exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a subsequent interview with Fox News, Trump said taking Kharg Island has always been his \u201cpreference\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t know that America has the stomach for it, to be honest,\u201d he added, saying he was still averse to deploying boots on the ground in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Jazeera: United States President Donald Trump has said the US will be hitting Iran \u201cvery hard tonight\u201d, adding the military will be \u201ctaking Kharg Island\u201d and other Iranian \u201coil infrastructure points in the not too distant future\u201d. The threats, made in a Truth Social post on Thursday, come after the US and Iran traded&nbsp;two days of strikes, threatening to derail ongoing negotiations for a lasting ceasefire. While the statements indicate US willingness to return to a full-scale war, Trump has repeatedly alternated between bellicose threats and diplomatic overtures in recent weeks. 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