Trump warns of targeting Iran’s Kharg Island oil infrastructure if maritime routes stay obstructed 

US President Donald Trump warned he would issue direct orders to strike the petroleum infrastructure of the Iranian Kharg Island oil hub unless Iran ceased attacking vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, which is known to generate more than a quarter of the world’s oil output.

Trump accompanied his ultimatum with a social media statement that the United States has completely destroyed military targets on the island, which is the export terminal of 90 per cent of the Iranian oil shipments, and is located approximately 300 miles (483 km) northwest of the strait.

The President thought that Iran could do nothing to counter US attacks. Iran would be prudent to put in their arms, and spare what remains of their nation which is not much, which is the Military, as well as all the rest who are engaged in his Terrorist Regime! he posted on Truth Social.

Saturday saw the armed forces of Iran reacting by warning that any attack on the oil and energy infrastructure in their lands would result in attacks on those facilities belonging to oil companies in the region that were partners of the United States.

Iranian semi- official Fars News Agency reported that over 15 explosions were reported on the Kharg Island as the U.S attacks took place, citing sources. The sources indicated that the attacks targeted air defences, naval bases, and airport facilities, but caused no damage to oil infrastructure.

The markets were also looking forward to any indication that the U.S attacks had caused destruction to the complex web of pipelines and terminals as well as storage tanks on the island. Any small disturbances may lead to a constant supply across the world, which will further strain an already tense market. 

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced early on Saturday that they had launched more attacks on Israel with the Lebanese Hezbollah Militia, which, according to Iranian Tasim News Agency, were carried out by Iranian forces in other strikes in the region.

On Friday, Israel reported that its air force had hit over 200 targets in western and central Iran in the past 24 hours, which included ballistic missile launchers, air-defence systems and weapons production facilities. 

The U.S troops have lost lives. The U.S. military confirmed on Friday that all six crew members on board an aircraft refuelling jet that crashed in western Iraq were dead.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the five U.S Air Force tankers at a base in Saudi Arabia that were damaged by an attack of Iranian missiles were being repaired by the U.S. authorities. Gulf and Lebanon become places of conflict. Oil prices have become volatile depending on the shifting remarks of Trump on the probable length of the war, which initially began on 28 February with a major U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and soon expanded into a regional war with wide effects on the global energy and stock markets.