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Trump said weighing seizing Iran’s Kharg Island oil hub if Hormuz Strait not opened — report
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump is mulling the option of seizing Iran’s key oil depot on Kharg Island if Tehran continues to deny oil tankers passage through the crucial Strait of Hormuz, Axios reports, citing unnamed US officials.
Such a move would require American boots on the ground, the report notes.
The report also says Trump is working to put together a coalition of countries aimed at securing the waterway’s opening and seeks to announce it this week — details that were reported earlier by the Wall Street Journal.
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