‘Totally obliterated’: Trump announces bombing raid on key Iranian island
Posts: 'For reasons of decency, I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure'

Trump said the U.S. bombed Iran’s Kharg Island, a key Iranian oil export hub, and warned against interference in the Strait of Hormuz.
Posts: 'For reasons of decency, I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure'
President Trump said Friday night on social media that the U.S. struck a key Iranian oil hub on Kharg Island as tensions over the global oil supply ramp up amid Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
The island, located about 16 miles off the Iranian coast, is one-third the size of Manhattan and controls 90% of Iranian crude oil exports.
President Trump said Friday that the U.S. military destroyed every military target on Iran's Kharg Island, a five-mile island dubbed the country's "oil lifeline," but left its oil infrastructure intact.
The United States launched a massive strike against Iran’s Kharg Island, which handles about 90 percent of that country’s oil exports. In a new wave of counterattacks, Iran struck a helipad at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, but caused no injuries. NBC’s Matt Bradley reports for Saturday TODAY from Tel Aviv.