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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

Mar 29, 2026

Iranian Attacks Hit Major Aluminum Facilities in UAE and Bahrain

Iranian strikes targeted Aluminium Bahrain (one of the world's largest smelters) and facilities in the UAE, injuring at least two people. The attacks on critical Gulf industrial infrastructure mark an escalation in Iran's targeting of economic assets beyond military sites.

Mar 29, 2026·5 sources

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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Iranian counter-strikes & retaliatory attacks

Gulf infrastructure attacks

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