(Staff post from THE ABC NEWS AUS on 31 March 2026.)
Trump
threatens to 'obliterate' Iranian oil and energy sites if it refuses deal to
end war: Donald Trump is threatening to obliterate Kharg Island, which is
responsible for 90 per cent of Iran's oil production.
Donald
Trump is threatening to obliterate Iran's energy plants and oil wells if it
does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The US president posted on his platform
Truth Social that the United States would be "blowing up" Iran's
strategically important Kharg Island if the nation's leaders refused to make a
deal.
He went on to write that the US was in "serious discussions" with a "NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME" to end the war. "Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately "Open for Business," we will conclude our lovely "stay" in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet "touched"," he said.