Trump Says All Military Targets On Iran’s Kharg Island Destroyed

ISTANBUL, March 14 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- US President Donald Trump said Friday that all military targets on Iran’s strategic Kharg Island have been destroyed, Anadolu Ajansi reported.

Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that he chose, “for the reason of decency,” not to target the island’s oil infrastructure.

“Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every military target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island,” he said.

Trump added that if Iran or any other actor interferes with the free and safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, he would immediately reconsider his decision.

“During my first term, and currently, I rebuilt our military into the most lethal, powerful and effective force anywhere in the world,” he said.

“Iran has no ability to defend anything that we want to attack — there is nothing they can do about it! Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, nor will it have the ability to threaten the United States of America, the Middle East or, for that matter, the World!” he said.

Meanwhile, Iran said early Saturday that a US strike on Kharg Island caused no damage to oil facilities but warned that any attack on infrastructure would lead to retaliatory strikes on oil facilities in the region, Anadolu Ajansi reported citing state-run Press TV.

The report cited a spokesperson from Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, who said any attack on Iran’s oil, economic or energy assets would lead to the destruction of “all corresponding US facilities in the region.”

The report said US airstrikes targeted air defences, a naval base and airport facilities, resulting in more than 15 explosions and thick smoke but did not damage the island’s oil infrastructure.

Kharg Island is Iran’s main oil export hub, handling roughly 90 per cent to 95 per cent of the country’s crude exports, or about 1.7 million barrels per day last year. The island serves as a key component of Iran’s energy system and a vital source of government revenue.

-- BERNAMA-ANADOLU