‘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'

Kharg Island is a small coral island in Iran in the northern Persian Gulf. It is 34 miles (55 km) northwest of the port of Bushehr and vital to Iran’s oil industry. The oil processing facilities at Kharg Island are a foundational component of Iran’s economy. Roughly 90 percent of Iran’s crude is processed at […] The post President Trump Announces Strategic…
Posts: 'For reasons of decency, I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure'
President Trump said on Friday that the U.S. military conducted one of the most “powerful” bombing raids and totally “obliterated” every military target on Iran’s Kharg Island, one of the country’s most vital economic outposts. The president said that for “reasons of decency,” the U.S. military did not wipe out the oil infrastructure on the…
President Donald Trump announced Friday that the United States carried out major airstrikes targeting Iran’s primary crude export hub on Kharg Island. In a statement posted on…
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 the U.S. military conducted a massive strike on Kharg Island in Iran - the center of the country's oil exports. Why it matters: The strategic Island hosts Iran key oil export facilities. 80-90 percent of Iranian oil is exported from the Island. The White House has been considering a ground operation to take over the island as one of…
President Trump said on Friday the U.S. military had "totally obliterated" military targets in Kharg Island, home to the primary terminal that handles Iran's oil exports. This as all six crew members on a refueling plane that went down in western Iraq were confirmed dead.