US EditionU.S. weighs options in Iran conflict, including Kharg Island and uranium security amid escalation risks
Kharg Island handles about 90% of Iran’s crude exports, making it a strategic target to disrupt funding despite risks of severe retaliation, analysts and researchers say.
- The White House is weighing a seizure of Kharg Island that would require U.S. boots on the ground, with officials considering strikes and Trump claiming 'We've totally decimated it.'
- Because Kharg Island handles approximately 90% of Iran's crude exports, Royal United Services Institute energy researcher Petras Katinas warned losing it would make it 'difficult for the country to function'.
- Satellite imagery Wednesday showed multiple tankers loading at Kharg Island, and Iran has exported 13.7 million barrels since the war started; the island sits about 21 miles off Iran's coast.
- Those warnings come as analysts flag regional escalation risks: JP Morgan analysts caution a strike on Kharg would trigger severe Iranian retaliation across the Strait of Hormuz, and Yair Lapid wrote on X last week urging destruction of Iran's energy infrastructure.
- Amid debate over ground options, Kellogg told Fox News 'They're not going to march to Tehran,' while RIMPAC exercise will involve more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel.
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