Explosions have reportedly rocked the strategic Iranian energy hub, which handles about 90% of the country’s oil exports.
The US has struck more than 50 military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island, including bunkers, radar systems, and ammunition depots, according to Iranian and Western media reports.
Explosions were reported at the island’s oil terminal – a critical hub for Iran’s exports – with no immediate confirmation of casualties or damage. The strikes come hours before a deadline set by US President Donald Trump over the Strait of Hormuz, marking a sharp escalation in the conflict.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned of broader retaliation, saying any crossing of Tehran’s “red lines” would trigger a response “beyond the region,” adding that it would target infrastructure “to deprive the United States and its allies of oil and gas in the region for years.”
Trump urged Iran to reach a deal before the deadline, warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if no agreement is reached.
Separately, the Israeli military said it had carried out a wide wave of strikes targeting dozens of sites across Iran while multiple strikes have been reported across the central region of the Jewish state.
A US-Israeli airstrike has hit Khorramabad airport in western Iran.
Israel has warned Iranians to avoid trains for their “safety” as the US has threatened to “demolish” infrastructure ahead of Trump’s Tuesday deadline, dubbed “Power Plant Day” and “Bridge Day”.
The IDF said it struck a petrochemical facility in Shiraz used for explosives and ballistic missile components, calling it one of the last remaining such sites in Iran, without providing evidence.
Trump threatens end to ‘whole civilization’, do you mean the West. ?
The economics in this war should be crystal clear:
Iran have increased their oil exports during this war and Trump desperately wants to stop Iran from making more money from this war. That’s why the piers on Kharg Island are the main target https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/component/content/article/reports-irans-kharg-island-attacked?catid=17&Itemid=101
Trump is grumpy that his own family’s major financial interests in Jubail Industrial City in Saudi Arabia have been hit by Iran https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/component/content/article/iran-war-update-last-12-hours?catid=17&Itemid=101
The real war appears to be petro-dollar vs petro-yuan as Japan and South Korea join Europe to ditch the petrodollar https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/component/content/article/petrodollar-under-fire-how-iran-threatens-us-dollar-empire-debt?catid=17&Itemid=101
Trump is grumpy in the same manner that the Bush Family was grumpy when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990. Why?
36 years ago, Iran & Iraq were in a war with each other. Saddam Hussein waged a proxy war in behalf of Iraq, the U.S. & Israel.
When the U.S. Congress stopped the financing of this Black Ops funded war, Saddam was encouraged to continue the war using his own funds, and that the U.S. WOULD PAY HIM BACK AFTER THE WAR WAS WON!
The war was never ‘won’…instead, Saddam Hussein ran out of money, and the U.S. wasn’t paying any restitution or reimbursements to Iraq, and had no plans to do so!
Result?
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and seized the oil wells as collateral. Tennecon Oil owned these wells at the time, and the Bush Family owned Tenneco Oil…!
The rest is history as per Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Hail Mary!
Then came the 10 year occupation of Iraq and on a simultaneous scale, Afghanistan!
Iraq for the oil, Afghanistan for the opium.
End result; more TOTAL FAILURES!
Trump is mentally ill, and a clear & present danger to the world, and if the U.S. Congress doesn’t invoke the 25th Amendment ASAP, then maybe the Veterans in the U.S. will force the issue to happen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKgx9P7khjc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-UbTteU8AQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGMCw8RAQ0Q
Maybe Israel will finally cease to exist…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5T5CF1jhTg
And then the J3w$ will move to the JAO in southeastern Siberia where Putin and Xe can keep them in check!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g2eT6OGjfA
The concern is who may join this war. Iran has its alliances. So does the US. If this war becomes global, NZ may become increasingly involved and at what level.
We could give the Iranian’s the captain of the Manawanui.
If (a) NZ’s oil comes mainly from South Korea, and if (b) South Korea are moving quickly to procure reliable oil supplies by paying in yuan, and if (c) the NZ government doesn’t do anything stupid like politically aligning with the USA,…. then NZ should have no problem at all
ALL of this destruction for the fucking Israeli psychopaths who also control the U.S. en-masse!
Note to Winston regarding his meeting with Rubio: DO NOT ALIGN WITH THE ZIONISTS!!! NOT NOW, NOT EVER!!!
That’s correct.
That is NOT correct due to time it takes to get supplies here, IF they come.
You think any fuel refiner would let supplies go before they have dealt with their own shortages/reserves?
If (a) NZ’s oil comes mainly from South Korea, and if (b) South Korea are moving quickly to procure reliable oil supplies by paying in yuan, and if (c) the NZ government doesn’t do anything stupid like politically aligning with the USA,…. then NZ should have no problem at all
It is correct, “IF’ as the the statement implie’s.
Reasoning is clearly not your forte if you leave out of you “IF” the reality of their limited reserves and shipping time.
People need to understand what they read.
“A whole civilization will die tonight.” Comments like this tell you everything you need to know about the US empire and why we should have nothing to do with them. Their lack of basic humanity, their cruel warmongering and terrorism demonstrate why they are now an international pariah in the eyes of civilised, decent people.
You forgot to report on the Israel attack, and demolition, of a synagogue in Teheran.
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iran-s-jewish-community-condemns-us-israeli-strike-on-tehran
The Jews have lived peacefully in Iran for over 2500 years – their Jewish culture in Iran is ancient
If everyone has a price, if everyone can somehow be bought, then the easiest (and typically American) way out of this would be for the globalists to bribe Iran by giving them a higher proportion of petrodollar oil revenues rather than sanctioning them.