President Donald Trump is considering plans for an invasion of Iran depliying troops on the ground in an effort to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Sources told Axios the White House was discussing plans to occupy or blockade Kharg Island, which is Tehran’s most important economic asset and the launch point of 90 per cent of its oil exports.
Iran has said that a US attack over last weekend on military sites at Kharg Island, was launched from the United Arab Emirates and warned that it would target oil and gas facilities in any country from which US strikes on the island were carried out.
Tehran has also said that it would target US industrial facilities in the Middle East and urged people living near US-owned plants to leave.
President Donald Trump has mulled the proposals
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The location of Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf
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A satellite image shows damage on Kharg Island, Iran, after US strikes
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