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Mar 30, 2026

Trump Publicly Considers Seizing Iran's Kharg Island Oil Terminal

US President Donald Trump told the Financial Times he wants to 'take the oil' in Iran and could seize Kharg Island 'easily,' raising the prospect of US forces capturing Iran's main oil export hub. The comments came as 2,500 US Marines arrived in the region and oil prices surged above $115 per barrel.

Mar 30, 2026·6 sources
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Top claims

  • ▪Ehsan Jahanian stated that the process of exporting oil from Kharg Island was continuing without interruption following the March 13 strikes.
  • ▪Kharg Island is located 15 nautical miles off the coast of Iran.
  • ▪The Trump administration has been planning to send thousands of soldiers from the army's 82nd Airborne to the Middle East region.

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Oil politics & energy geopoliticsU.S. domestic politics around Iran warOil prices & energy marketsOil marketIran War

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