US President Donald Trump has raised the idea of American forces seizing Iran’s Kharg Island, its main oil terminal in the Persian Gulf.The comment by Trump came in an interview published early Monday by The Financial Times.“Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don’t. We have a lot of options,” Trump told the newspaper. “It would also mean we had to be there (on Kharg Island) for a while.”Asked about Iranian defences there, he said: “I don’t think they have any defence. We could take it very easily.”Trump claims ‘regime change’ in Iran has already occurred amid war in West AsiaMarch 30, 2026 8:06 amWashington DC: US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) asserted that there has been a regime change in Iran, citing the decimation of its newly appointed leadership, referring to Mojtaba Khamenei, the current Supreme Leader of Iran and son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and shifts within the Islamic Republic’s power structure amid the ongoing war in the region. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, the US President reflected on Washington’s evolving narrative on the conflict and Tehran’s future, stating that while a formal agreement remains possible but not guaranteed, there has already been regime change. He noted that subsequent Iranian leadership groups are “mostly dead” or composed of different figures than those previously in power, and he described the current situation as a form of regime change. “I think we’ll make a deal with them. Pretty sure. But it’s possible we won’t. But we’ve had regime change if you look already because the one regime was decimated, destroyed. They’re all dead. The next regime is mostly dead,” Trump said. “And the third regime, we’re dealing with different people than anybody’s dealt with before. It’s a whole different group of people. So I would consider that regime change. And frankly, they’ve been very reasonable. So I think we’ve had regime change,” he added. ANI