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Iran claims US also hit another island during Kharg bombing

Mar 14, 2026Center Right

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has claimed that the U.S. strikes targeting Kharg Island also included another island in the Persian Gulf, Abu Musa. The U.S. military struck Kharg Island late Friday, in what President Donald Trump called “one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East.” The strikes “totally…

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