The Iranian island of Kharg, in the southwest of the country, photographed from the International Space Station in 2002. (Credit: Johnson Space Center)
A swift agreement or the annihilation of the island. This, in essence, is what U.S. President Donald Trump presented on Monday, March 30, in response to Iran's de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war. This threat comes as the specter of a U.S. military intervention on the ground looms larger. While the deployment of special forces in the region could aim to recover the stockpile of more than 400 kg of highly enriched uranium that disappeared after the last war in June 2025, the seizure of the island territory, strategic for Tehran's oil wealth, is also on the table. Read more Why is Iran playing the détente card with Gulf countries? On the first day of the war, Feb. 28, explosions were heard on the island, but no information was released regarding the damage caused, Reuters reported. On the...
A swift agreement or the annihilation of the island. This, in essence, is what U.S. President Donald Trump presented on Monday, March 30, in response to Iran's de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war. This threat comes as the specter of a U.S. military intervention on the ground looms larger. While the deployment of special forces in the region could aim to recover the stockpile of more than 400 kg of highly enriched uranium that disappeared after the last war in June 2025, the seizure of the island territory, strategic for Tehran's oil wealth, is also on the table. Read more Why is Iran playing the détente card with Gulf countries? On the first day of the war, Feb. 28, explosions were heard on the island, but no information was released regarding the damage caused, Reuters reported. On the...
