US Strikes Kharg Island

The United States struck Kharg Island in the early hours of Saturday, March 14, destroying every military installation on Iran primary oil export hub — the terminal handling ~90% of Iranian crude exports. Trump declared forces had totally obliterated every military target while sparing oil infrastructure as coercive leverage over Hormuz passage. Iran Armed Forces Unified Combatant immediately counter-threatened strikes on US-linked Gulf energy infrastructure.

Key facts

• •Kharg Island handles ~90% of Iranian crude oil exports
• •Trump: forces totally obliterated every military target on the island
• •Oil infrastructure spared as leverage over Hormuz passage
• •Trump: if Hormuz blocked, will immediately reconsider sparing oil terminals
• •Iran threatens Gulf energy infrastructure retaliation
• •First US strike on Kharg Island since war began Feb 28