Trump vows to seize Iran’s Kharg Island

With President Donald Trump proclaiming his desire to take Iran’s Kharg Island whether he actually means it or not we reached out to some former military commanders to get a sense of what it would take to seize and hold it and how telegraphing such a move could impact operations. The island, as we have noted in the past , is Iran’s main center of oil exportation, and a U.S.

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to seize Kharg Island the linchpin of Iran’s oil industry as he escalated pressure on Tehran amid a fraying ceasefire.