Trump Bombs Kharg Island And Threatens To Destroy Iran's Oil Infrastructure As Iran Vows To Reduce All US-Linked Oil Facilities To Ashes
The Iran war escalated dramatically on Friday night March 13, 2026 — entering dangerous new territory as President Donald Trump announced that US forces had carried out one of the most powerful bombing raids in the history of the Middle East, targeting Iran's most critical economic asset: Kharg Island , the tiny Persian Gulf outpost that handles approximately 90% of all Iranian crude oil exports. Iran's armed forces responded on Saturday March 14 with a chilling counter-threat — warning that if the United States follows through on Trump's threat to destroy Kharg Island's oil infrastructure, Iran will immediately destroy every US-linked oil, energy, and economic facility across the entire Middle East. Trump announced the Kharg Island strikes in a post on Truth Social on Friday night, writing: "Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated ...