{"id":430,"date":"2026-06-11T21:07:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=430"},"modified":"2026-06-11T21:07:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:07:50","slug":"we-will-be-taking-kharg-island-trump-threatens-invasion-of-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=430","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe Will Be Taking Kharg Island\u201d \u2014 Trump Threatens Invasion of Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- begin partial\/series-card --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span>Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable, <\/span><\/i><i><span>support us with a donation<\/span><\/i><i><span> of any size.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=428\">Somali Referee Denied US Entry for World Cup Gets Hero\u2019s Welcome Back Home<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump said he has reversed plans to launch a massive attack on Iran Thursday night, mere hours after stating that he intended to invade Kharg Island, which handles most of Iran\u2019s oil production.<\/p>\n<p>Such an invasion would likely require a large force of ground troops, and under certain circumstances, could be viewed as a war crime.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday morning, Trump made two comments on invading Kharg Island \u2014 one on his Truth Social page, and another in a television interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d Trump wrote in his post, adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a phone interview with <em>Fox News<\/em>, Trump reiterated his plans to invade the island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy preference has always been \u2014 take Kharg Island \u2026 my preference would be that,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>The president admitted that his plans could be unpopular among the public. \u201cI don\u2019t know that America has the stomach for \u200bit,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Later in the day, Trump made another Truth Social post, announcing that he was canceling his original plan to \u201cbe hitting Iran\u201d with military force that evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening,\u201d Trump wrote in his post.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=426\">US Turnaround on International Vaccines Comes Too Late for Hundreds of Thousands<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump also said that \u201cDiscussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved,\u201d including the U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia, and other nations. However, his post did not include the subject matter of those discussions \u2014 and Iran was not included on the list of countries taking part. <\/p>\n<p>It was also unclear whether plans to invade Kharg Island had been dropped. <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has reportedly been making plans to \u201ctake\u201d Kharg Island for several months. However, according to reporting from <em>CNN<\/em>, such plans have been repeatedly shelved due to the risks involved, as Trump advisors have indicated that an invasion of the island would require the use of ground troops, which could result in high casualties.<\/p>\n<p>While viewed as a strategic area with access to up to 90 percent of Iranian oil production, Kharg Island is also home to more than 8,000 permanent residents. Earlier this year, the U.S. bombed the island but stopped short of a full-on invasion. After those attacks, residents noted that \u201cthe island doesn\u2019t really have a military base,\u201d and that there is no real way to evacuate to the mainland due to the airport being targeted by strikes. <\/p>\n<p>A U.S. attack on Kharg Island could constitute a war crime, as oil production plants are considered civilian infrastructure if they are not used for military purposes. Attacks that harm civilians on the island itself would also violate international law.<\/p>\n<p>Hamidreza Azizi, an Iran foreign policy expert, questioned Trump\u2019s reasoning for expressing a desire to attack Kharg Island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are two possible interpretations\u201d to Trump\u2019s threats, Azizi said. \u201cEither he is making such threats to create panic within the Iranian leadership and force it into concessions, or he is genuinely considering further escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch a move would almost certainly force Iran to abandon the relative caution it has shown over the past week, which was driven primarily by lingering hopes of securing a deal with the United States, even if only a temporary one,\u201d Azizi added. \u201cEven if Trump\u2019s statements are intended merely as threats and form part of his coercive diplomatic approach, they only heighten anxiety on the Iranian side and further narrow the path toward any potential diplomatic settlement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of the Parliament of Iran, seemingly confirmed Azizi\u2019s assessments in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWrong strategies and impulsive decisions will reset the entire board for the worse, explode energy infrastructure and markets and create an endless quagmire that you will be stuck in for years,\u201d Ghalibaf wrote on X. \u201cYou will see a different Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=424\">US Bombs Water Facilities in Iran, a Possible War Crime Violation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump threatened to hit Iran \u201cVERY HARD TONIGHT,\u201d then announced hours later he had \u201ccancelled the scheduled strikes.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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