President Donald Trump said the US bombed military sites on Friday on an island vital to Iran’s oil network, while an American official said 2,500 more Marines and an amphibious assault ship are being sent to the Middle East nearly two weeks into the war with the Islamic Republic.
Trump said US forces “obliterated” targets on Iran’s Kharg Island – home to the primary terminal that handles the country’s oil exports – and warned that the island’s oil infrastructure could be next. Just a day before, the speaker of the Iranian parliament said such a strike would provoke a new level of retaliation.
LiveUS strikes Persian Gulf island after Iran’s warningMarch 14, 2026 8:23 amDubai: The US strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf targeted military sites but left alone its oil infrastructure for now, Trump said in a social media post.
But he warned that if Iran or anyone else interferes with the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, he will reconsider his decision not to “wipe out the Oil Infrastructure.” AP