As part of the 2026 Iran conflict, U.S. forces struck Kharg Island on March 14, 2026, in response to the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) blockading the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of global oil and liquefied natural gas passes. The strikes targeted storage facilities for submarine (naval) mines and other weapons that the IRGC was using in its blockade. But the island also operates as the premier terminal for oil exports from Iran, and so the attack served as a threat to critical oil infrastructure in Iran. The U.S. strikes avoided Kharg Island’s oil facilities, however.
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