TEHRAN: Iran’s armed forces threatened on Saturday to destroy US-linked oil infrastructure after President Donald Trump said the United States had bombed Iran’s oil hub Kharg Island. The military’s Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said in a statement cited by Iranian media that oil and energy infrastructure belonging to firms that cooperated with the United States would “immediately be destroyed and turned into a pile of ashes” if Iran’s energy facilities were attacked.

A representative of Khatam al-Anbiya, the central headquarters of the Iranian army, says that otherwise Iran would destroy all oil and gas infrastructure of interest to the US in…

President Trump said in a Truth Social post that he directed U.S. Central Command to execute a bombing raid that "obliterated" military targets on Kharg Island.

Trump announced that the US 'totally obliterated every military target' in Iran's 'crown jewel' Kharg Island, which handles almost all of Iran's crude exports. For now, he said he…

WASHINGTON/DUBAI/BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: The United States on Friday attacked military targets on Iran’s main oil hub of Kharg Island, President Donald Trump said, threatening to…

President says forces ‘obliterated’ military targets on Kharg Island and warned its oil infrastructure could be next

Trump announces U.S. military strikes on Iran's Kharg Island, emphasizing naval escorts for tankers to restore oil exports.

Trump, writing in a social media post, added that “for reasons of decency, I have chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island.”

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Intense strikes target central Tehran as US president says 'powerful' bombing raid hit Iranian forces on Kharg Island.

TEHRAN: Iran’s armed forces threatened on Saturday to destroy US-linked oil infrastructure after President Donald Trump said the United States had bombed Iran’s oil hub Kharg…

Kharg Island is the linchpin of Tehran’s oil industry

Donald Trump posted surveillance footage showing apparent strikes on Iran's Kharg Island, the country’s main oil hub. The US president said on Friday (13 March) that military…

The tiny island is home to one of the most critical pieces of Iran's energy infrastructure.

Tehran threatened to 'destroy and turn into a pile of ashes' US energy and oil infrastructure in the region after US strikes on the key island on Friday.

President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces "totally obliterated" every military target on Iran's Kharg Island, a ket oil export site for Iran.

Petras Katinas, an energy researcher at the Royal United Services Institute, said Kharg Island was critical to funding Iran’s government and military.

Iran warns it will retaliate against U.S. companies in the region if its energy facilities are attacked amid escalating tensions.

PALM BEACH, Florida/DUBAI/JERUSALEM: US President Donald Trump threatened further strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub and urged allies to deploy warships to secure the…

Another weekend of violence compounded global market concerns over war in the Middle East, following US strikes on the vital oil hub

Trump's decision to order strikes on Kharg Island has pushed one of the world's most critical oil hubs into the center of the escalating U.S.-Iran conflict.