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US envoy Mike Waltz: Trump is weighing options to hit Iran’s oil hub
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US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz Mike Waltz speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at the UN headquarters in New York on February 28, 2026. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
UN Ambassador Mike Waltz says in an interview that US President Donald Trump is weighing options to hit Iran’s oil hub.
Waltz is asked on CNN whether the US president is prepared to target oil facilities on Kharg island, which handles 90% of Iran’s crude oil exports, and if so, if he is worried that that could risk even more of an escalation in the war.
“President Trump’s not going to take any options off the table,” Waltz says. “I would certainly think he would maintain that optionality if he wants to take down their energy infrastructure.”
US Central Command posted on X yesterday that it had struck military targets on the island, but preserved the oil infrastructure.
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