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White House Considering a Raid to Seize Kharg Island: Axios
Seizing Kharg Island could provide strategic control over Iran's oil exports and sea lanes, impacting global oil prices and U.S. leverage amid ongoing Middle East conflict.
- The White House is considering a raid to seize Kharg Island, which serves as the centerpiece for Iran's oil industry and handles around 90% of its crude exports, according to Axios.
- Seizing Kharg Island could allow the US to cut off Iran's oil exports and gain leverage during potential negotiations after a military operation.
- The potential raid comes amidst rising tensions, with the US and Israel launching strikes across Iran over the weekend, prompting volatility in oil markets as the crisis continues.
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Following speculation that the U.S. government would be planning to send soldiers to land to capture the Kharag Island, a strategic terminal responsible for about 90% of Iran's crude oil exports, the Persians warned Americans and Israelis against any possible attack. Esmail Baghaii, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, said on this Tuesday that the country was a “territory for the wishes and illusions of foreigners” when aske…
The island of Kharg in the Persian Gulf is a strategic point for the world oil industry and key part of the Iranian industry.
DECRYPTAGE - More than 90% of the crude oil exported by Tehran transits through this confetti located 42 kilometres from the Iranian coast. To make the Islamic Republic fold by leaching at the source, Donald Trump could opt for a blockade of this territory or an occupation.
The United States was considering an operation on Kharg Island off Iran, a strategic terminal through which 90 per cent of Iranian crude oil exports flow.
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