US forces struck more than 90 military targets on Iran's Khark island. 80-90% of it passes through it. Iran's oil exports. “Whoever controls the Iranian island of Khark controls the fate of this war,” Lindsey Graham said on Saturday. He was supposed to be one of the people who persuaded the US to attack.
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The US attacks the Iranian island of Khark
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that on the night from Friday to Saturday U.S. forces struck more than 90 military targets on Iran's Khark Island. It emphasized that the oil infrastructure had not been destroyed.
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Axios assessed that the attack was a “warning shot” from Donald Trump. The strike is intended to signal to Iran that they should end their blockade of the strait.
80-90% of the population passes through the island of Khark, located in the Persian Gulf. Iran's oil exports. The island, which is crucial for this country, was not affected by military operations during the first two weeks of the war.
Inhabited by less than 10 thousand people. people, the island of Khark is located approx. 25 km from the Iranian coast and approx. 480 km north of the Strait of Hormuz. Its area is approximately 23 square kilometers. It is under the strict supervision of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The island has an airport, terminals and other oil infrastructure facilities, warehouses and ports. The waters around the island are deep enough for supertankers to dock there.
“The jewel in the crown of Iran's oil and gas economy”
“Whoever controls the Iranian island of Khark controls the fate of this war.” – said influential Republican senator Lindsey Graham on Saturday. He assessed that Iran was attempting to block the Strait of Hormuz “at its own risk.” He added that President Donald Trump's decision to move the war to Khark Island, “the jewel in the crown of Iran's oil and gas economy“, was “necessary, bold” and “extremely effective.” Graham said it would help “shorten the war.”
“Rarely in war does an adversary give you a single objective, such as Chark Island, that can drastically change the outcome of the conflict. If Iran loses control over the use of its oil infrastructure on Khark Island, its economy will be destroyed. Whoever controls the island of Khark controls the fate of this war,” wrote Graham, a vocal supporter of US-Israeli strikes against Iran, on X.
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According to the American media, the politician played an important role in encouraging Donald Trump to go to war with Iran. The “WSJ” daily wrote that the senator advised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on how to convince the US president to order the start of the operation.
The senator said he was already talking to Trump about further military interventions in Lebanon and potentially Cuba, which he announced would take place soon, the newspaper reported.
