Two senior White House officials confirmed that the Trump administration is considering a ground invasion of Iran's Kharg Island.

The US warship USS Tripoli is heading to the Middle East, potentially near Iran's Kharg Island, carrying 2,200 Marines. This deployment amid rising US-Iran tensions highlights the strategic importance of Kharg Island as Iran's primary oil export hub and a key chokepoint in global energy markets.

It is day 21 of the war with Iran and President Trump denies he will put boots on the ground, however the Associated Press reports the U.S. is deploying three more warships and roughly 2,500 more

The Trump administration is considering plans to occupy or blockade Iran's Kharg Island to pressure Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reported on Friday, citing four

Kharg Island lies approximately 15 miles off the Iranian coast and serves as the export hub for nearly 90 percent of the country's crude oil.

While Kharg Island may be an attractive target from a strategic perspective, analysts warn that seizing it would be extremely risky.

On one of the holiest days on the Islamic calendar, Iran fired on Israel and energy sites in neighboring Gulf Arab states, insisting that it can still build missiles and issuing a new threat, to deny safety to its enemies in “parks,