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Trump's Kharg Island Ultimatum: Bluff or Warpath?
President Trump threatens to obliterate Iran's vital oil hub at Kharg Island unless a deal ends the war, even as talks progress. With oil over $100 and troops surging, is this negotiation genius or a spark for catastrophe?
The Explosive Threat
Picture this: the U.S. president casually drops that he'll flatten a chunk of Iran's coastline—home to its oil lifeline—unless Tehran plays ball. That's exactly what Donald Trump did on Monday, vowing to 'obliterate' Kharg Island, the country's main oil export hub that handles about 90% of its crude, along with oil wells, power plants, and desalination facilities. According to Yahoo Canada and Le Monde, this comes if Iran doesn't ink a deal soon to end the ongoing war...
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