President Trump Vows to Take Iran’s Kharg Island, Seize Oil Infrastructure as Regime Escalates
NBC News: The 14-week-old “ceasefire is effectively dead and has now been replaced by negotiations under fire.”
President Trump vowed to seize Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export hub, as the regime intensified missile strikes against Arab states across the region.
“At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets, much like we have with Venezuela, which is working out brilliantly for both Venezuela and the United States of America,” President Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Thursday morning.
The loss of Kharg Island, located 26 miles off Iran’s coast, will deprive the regime of its oil revenue. Nearly 90% of Iran’s crude oil exports are processed through the 8-square-mile island.
In his early morning post, President Trump also threatened to strike Iran “very hard tonight” since the regime had lost most of its offensive and defensive capabilities after 14 weeks of conflict with the U.S. military.
Trump says US will be hitting Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT” and at some point “will be taking Kharg Island.” pic.twitter.com/bUR6Kley1Z
— Annmarie Hordern (@annmarie) June 11, 2026
The U.S. forces destroyed regime targets for the second consecutive day as Iran intensified missile strikes against Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait.
U.S. “forces launched strikes on Iranian military surveillance capabilities, communication systems, and air defense sites across Iran,” CENTCOM disclosed on Wednesday evening. “U.S. Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy assets fired precision munitions on Iranian targets that posed a threat to U.S. forces and international commercial ships transiting regional waters.”
The U.S struck Iran for a second day, after President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled negotiations. Iran responded firing at Gulf states and Jordan pic.twitter.com/6tpZBwVSMs
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 11, 2026
Iran stepped up its aerial attacks on the neighboring Arab states and U.S. military assets in the region. According to the BBC, Iran fired “a round of strikes targeting US military assets across the region in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.”
The British broadcaster added:
Meanwhile, Bahrain’s interior ministry said its air raid sirens were activated and that falling shrapnel from intercepted Iranian drones had damaged homes and vehicles in the capital, Manama, and Hamad Town. (…)
Kuwait’s Army posted on X that its anti-air defence systems intercepted “hostile aerial targets”.
Kuwait said it had temporarily closed its airspace due to the Iranian attacks, before reopening it early on Thursday.
For the first time since the ceasefire took effect, Iran fired missiles at Jordan. “Jordan’s military says it had intercepted 20 missiles launched from Iran, after Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced it had fired at a US command center in the kingdom,” The Times of Israel reported Thursday morning.
For the second day in a row, Iran attacked U.S. bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan with missiles and drones, in response to U.S. strikes on Iranian targets overnight. The video shows Iranian missiles over Jordan. pic.twitter.com/FmGmqaSL1M
— Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران (@ariel_oseran) June 11, 2026
Treasury Sec. Bessent: The U.S. to unlock frozen Iranian funds to cover war damages to Arab allies
Amid escalating Iranian attacks on Gulf states, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the U.S. will unlock frozen regime funds to cover the damages.
“The Iranian regime will lose the zero-sum game it is playing,” he wrote on X. “Any damage it inflicts on our allies in the Gulf will be paid for with funds extracted from Iranian Accounts.”
The Iranian regime will lose the zero-sum game it is playing.
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) June 11, 2026
Any damage it inflicts on our allies in the Gulf will be paid for with funds extracted from Iranian Accounts.
Any tolls paid to the Persian Gulf Strait Authority will be offset by funds extracted from their accounts.…
Iran ceasefire ‘dead,’ it’s now ‘negotiations under fire’
Iran indicated that the ceasefire, which took effect on April 8, may have ended. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that the recent escalation has “rendered the ceasefire practically meaningless.” The regime, in a statement on Friday, also claimed that the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s busiest waterways, was “closed until further notice.”
NBC News declared the ceasefire with Iran to be “effectively dead.”
“It’s safe to say that the ceasefire is effectively dead and has now been replaced by negotiations under fire,” the broadcaster wrote.
NEW: Kharg Island. The Strait of Hormuz. Iranian retaliation. A growing blockade.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 11, 2026
Bill Hemmer breaks down the entire picture, explaining why the fight over Kharg Island isn't just about territory — it's about the economic lifeline of Iran.
“The reason why this is so… pic.twitter.com/CsQh93iJyi
Update: Trump halts strikes, cites possible deal; Iranian regime media denies claim
President Trump reportedly halted strikes against Iran, suggesting that a deal has been finalized.
“President Trump announced that he canceled planned strikes against Iran on Thursday and claimed Iran’s leadership “approved” a draft agreement that would extend the ceasefire, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and launch 60 days of negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program,” Axios reported Thursday afternoon.
Sources close to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) rejected the claim.
Iran denies approving any text for an agreement with the U.S., contradicting Trump’s recent announcement, the IRGC-affiliated Fars News reports citing an informed source close to the Iranian negotiating team. https://t.co/JbwlRBDv5a
— Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران (@ariel_oseran) June 11, 2026
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Godspeed. Kick muzzie ass
seize it
sell it on the open market
now!!!
Seize implies boots on the ground. Not a good idea, Just bad all around,
I mentioned this sice the beginning that thats the only way to do this and it would/should involve engineers who then can help rebuild the cities …
this would force the iranians to step up their attacks on their own people now supported by us military….THAT PART I DO NOTTTT LIKE….
but its going to happen to one degree or another unless of course every individual leader of the iranian movement is sent “home”
It could be quite a brilliant idea. If their oil infrastructure is attacked, Iran would invite its destruction in its defense. If seized, Iran risks destroying its oil infrastructure itself if it counter-attacks or attacks occupying US troops. OTOH, Iran can’t afford to lose control of these assets. It is being put into quite a bind with Trump’s threat.
Stop talking and do it, Mr President.
Unfortunately, I am getting TDS: Trump Disappointment Syndrome.
I’ve been saying the same thing. Also fwiw, I don’t believe there is any deal in the works. I don’t believe there are any talks underway. This has been a get in their heads job to make the IRGC and others to distrust each other.
There’s a bit of deception in the words here. Trump did not ‘vow’ to take Kharg island. And he did not threaten it. He said that would be the consequence of Iran’s actions. And taking control of the island does not involve landing on it. Repeat after me: “Island.” If the Iranians can’t do anything from the island, if it has no power and no working boats, it’s effectively ‘taken’ the same way many Pacific islands were taken by leapfrogging them and letting the existing (and completely ineffective) soldiers starve into surrender.
I would far prefer ‘dealing’ with Iran in this fashion than a year or two from now with President Harris having given them more pallets of cash and unlimited resources to develop nuclear weapons. Because Iran will *use* them the minute they can.
agree
but one way or another
“harris” will get the iranians the support they need
as congress of the usa is moving left
I’m beginning to see a nursery rhyme in Trump’s messages about this war. It’s the Three Little Pigs and their houses and the big bad wolf. I believe we are not at the brick house and Trump is the wolf. He has huffed and puffed so many tiomes but the brick house is still standing. It’s time to stop blowing and bulldoze the damn thing!
Yes, it’s tempting to just shortcut negotiations and attack. There’s a higher cause here. Trump is negotiating with the loons and sane people. Whenever he says, “If you do this, we will do that” our loons (the Dems, of course) go nuts and start screeching about Trump threatening *all* of them. No, it’s not a threat. It’s a consequence. If you do this (action), we will do that (consequence). If you touch the stove, you will get burnt. The loons are catching the consequences, because they’re doing the actions. Iran could be a modern country in the world again, if not for the loons. Eventually, enough sane people will stand up and make their country great again, if the loons don’t turn it into a radioactive crater first.
Sea mine Karg island no troops at risk, no infrastructure permanently damaged yet the IRGC is cut off from oil money.
Great idea. I like it.
Now we’re apparently on a ‘pause’ for further strikes to create another ceasefire to negotiate.
Either Sh%7 or get off the pot. Either way we should walk away at the conclusion of this and demand the Nations who need imported oil deal with it (in a manner that is to our satisfaction) along with responsible regional neighbors.
We should have stopped at nukes, missiles, navy, and air force. That would be enough for 10 good years, It represents a definable goal and doesn’t require negotiation.
This is what I thought about Afghanistan at the time. Just mow the lawn and mow it periodically, Don’t get bogged down. We got bogged down in Afghanistan and now we are essentially bogged down in Iran although thankfully without ground troops involved.
My position is that the USA has zero duty to secure Middle East peace, guarantee maritime passage through the Strait of Hormuz or impact on regional partners …partners we wouldn’t really need as much if we tended to our own direct Nat security interest instead continued efforts to replace the role the UK aspired to even as their real power/ability declined in the period between WWI and WWII and especially afterwards much less post Cold War era. If the Iranians want to laugh missiles at their neighbors and those neighbors chose option A ignore it or option B and kick the snot of Iran …it isn’t really any direct skin off our nose. It ain’t our neighborhood.
What we do ‘owe’ is the delivery of a much more thorough butt kicking to Iran for a multitude of sins since ’79 they’ve committed against the USA. They earned the butt kicking and it hasn’t been delivered. If that butt kicking leads to peace and prosperity in the Middle East …cool. If it instead destabilized the region and multiple conflicts break out due to poor choices of regional Nations …that’s on the leadership of those Nations to solve.
We should deliver the butt kicking earned by the Iranian regime and go home, and if we’re not gonna be willing to deliver the thorough butt kicking we should likewise go home. It ain’t our neighborhood to police.
Just another complaint about the dismal editing recently. Seriously look at the “paragraph” below. My freshman English Professor would have actually slapped the “author” or perhaps I should say “compiler.”
Treasury Sec. Bessent: The U.S. to unlock frozen Iranian funds to cover war damages to Arab allies
Amid escalating Iranian attacks on Gulf states, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the U.S. will unlock frozen regime funds to cover the damages.
“The Iranian regime will lose the zero-sum game it is playing,” he wrote on X. “Any damage it inflicts on our allies in the Gulf will be paid for with funds extracted from Iranian Accounts.”
The Iranian regime will lose the zero-sum game it is playing.
Any damage it inflicts on our allies in the Gulf will be paid for with funds extracted from Iranian Accounts.
Any tolls paid to the Persian Gulf Strait Authority will be offset by funds extracted from their accounts.…
I suspect what you are complaining about is an artifact of how embedded tweets show up when accounts that have denied third-party cookies read articles — they show up as redundant, repetitive text. I see exactly the same thing.
If you click the little blue cookie icon on the lower left and temporarily permit them, you will see what the author expects everybody to be seeing.
It’s not poor writing, it’s a lazy rendering algorithm.