Trump says US could capture Iran’s Kharg Island ‘to take the oil’ (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
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The article reports former President Trump saying the US could capture Iran’s Kharg Island 'to take the oil' and notes Tehran has declared the homes of US and Israeli officials legitimate targets. In the current highly escalatory US–Iran context, such public statements increase political justification for offensive options and raise the risk of reciprocal Iranian or proxy retaliation against US, Israeli, and maritime targets.
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*TRUMP SAYS COULD TAKE KHARG ISLAND 'VERY EASILY': FT *TRUMP THINKS IRANS HAVE NO DEFENSE ON KHARG ISLAND: FT
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