President Trump is weighing a seizure of Iran’s critical oil depot on Kharg Island in a bid to force Tehran’s hand and open ...

The potential capture of the oil depot would require, in a first for the ongoing US Operation Epic Fury, American troops to ...

Kharg Island lies about 15 miles off the coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf and is critical to the nation’s economy. Iran’s ...

The island is tiny—a little less than eight square miles—and has a population of about 20,000 people, most of them oil workers. It’s also the point of departure for approximately 90 percent of Iran’s ...

Iran also threatened the Bab el‑Mandeb Strait—like the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow chokepoint for global trade.

The battle for Kharg Island could determine Iran’s economic survival—and reshape global oil markets as the U.S. and Israel ...

Kharg Island is a small, heavily fortified, and strategically valuable island off Iran's northern coast.

A U.S. attack or a move to seize control of Iran’s main oil export hub could cripple the country’s ability to profit from its natural resources. But it would also risk sending energy prices even ...

A comment Trump made in 1988 while on a book tour shows that Kharg Island has long occupied a place in his thinking about ...

The Iranian oil hub has become a pivotal battleground in the war—and its fate could determine the direction of the conflict.

Why has US attacked Kharg Island, where is it located, and why is it very important for Iran? The strike was announced by Donald Trump. US forces targeted military sites on Kharg Island. The island ...

The island, which is Iran's main crude oil export terminal, has become the focus of Washington's attention as Trump looks to ...