U.S. President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to launch new strikes on Iran and said the U.S. would take control of the country’s key oil infrastructure, in what would mark a major escalation in the ongoing war with Tehran.
"The United States will be hitting Iran ... VERY HARD TONIGHT," Trump wrote on his Truth Social network.
"At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets, much like we have with Venezuela," he added.
Trump gave no details of how the United States would seize Iran's oil terminals, but any such operation would almost certainly require the involvement of U.S. ground troops.
He talked about a possible seizure of Kharg Island earlier in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which began on Feb. 28.
