Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestylePresident Donald Trump has said the US military will strike Iran “very hard” tonight as he pressures Tehran to agree to a deal.“The United States will be hitting Iran (whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT. 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, which is working out brilliantly for both Venezuela and the United States of America,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.Kharg Island sits 16 miles from the coast in the northern end of the Gulf and just northwest of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategically important shipping route that Iran has effectively closed to pile pressure on the US.Trump’s most recent threat came after Iran declared the ceasefire with Washington “practically meaningless” after US forces fired 49 Tomahawk missiles on Wednesday.Both sides traded strikes for the second day in a row, throwing leaving a fragile ceasefire in jeopardy.In fullIran-US war latest: Trump threatens to seize key island and take ‘total control’ of Tehran’s oil and gas marketsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Trump vows to hit Iran ‘very hard’ tonight and assume ‘total control’ of Kharg Island
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestylePresident Donald Trump has said the US military will strike Iran “very hard” tonight as he pressures Tehran to agree to a deal.“The United States will be hitting Iran (whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT. 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, which is working out brilliantly for both Venezuela and the United States of America,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.Kharg Island sits 16 miles from the coast in the northern end of the Gulf and just northwest of the Strait of Hormuz, a strategically important shipping route that Iran has effectively closed to pile pressure on the US.Trump’s most recent threat came after Iran declared the ceasefire with Washington “practically meaningless” after US forces fired 49 Tomahawk missiles on Wednesday.Both sides traded strikes for the second day in a row, throwing leaving a fragile ceasefire in jeopardy.In fullIran-US war latest: Trump threatens to seize key island and take ‘total control’ of Tehran’s oil and gas marketsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
