{"id":117802,"date":"2026-06-11T16:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/11\/why-kharg-island-is-central-to-trumps-escalating-iran-threats-axios\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:42:12","slug":"why-kharg-island-is-central-to-trumps-escalating-iran-threats-axios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/11\/why-kharg-island-is-central-to-trumps-escalating-iran-threats-axios\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Kharg Island is central to Trump&#8217;s escalating Iran threats &#8211; Axios"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMickFVX3lxTE5TLVRBZ1hYQ3dTX01EUVhGYlRFOGFva3Etenk3WWY0SEh5UFRuQmJGcjU3M3RJb0NocHpQRl9tNDdIRTRjS0UtbEVPaWc3bXhDNktmQ2UyM09HVk5rVHAtdHdfUFNpN1JHakpId0dvY2VXdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Why Kharg Island is central to Trump&#8217;s escalating Iran threats<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNd3pMWVNXMk5MckQzWDc5SEktemFNNTVxYTlYejR6Z18wa1dteVJfQkVzVWRFcXhZWWk1cEZ2MjBLeVJMRVU5QjdXeWR3dFQxcllZczNwdXp2WkZ6cGlOQXhKb3BwNThJT0I5RmFhYnlyV3lRWTJZNklVU280dGdWX2g0ZFpvQW13RkYwSE1DTDR5dzZweW5ZV2NJTGFrUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran\u2019s Kharg Island is key to its oil exports. Targeting it carries major risks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNcm9zRzhIcTdqTFU2ZEthTVpjSzd1dlVNbl80LUVpUXhaQzFydUpPNDhaZV9qMGNBLUNpaDhOVVlNeVYzZnJJeWJNS29Idk0yR0VwTDVUWGJLQ1puMklwZUpIQzVtVWhwc1JsRGhNN3NDUGd4TlBSWFJVdmtWeUR1elFEMkRhWHFGTTRr0gGQAUFVX3lxTE5XSVY4TmdfaUdNRFZRYlBaQUtWdmR1d1N0LTlnejRWRW96YVRQdzBQZjhBWWtPeGMyVmR6OGFpcUkwQ3RwMDc4aHVydzY0a000dGJMU2FCanU2dWZRaHc0SEFwbDEzNjNBbl9hRElzWWx0cG9pMGNoSkV4enlnb00zZldiQVd1SzZvc0NNNEZXNw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Johnson: \u2018I would not put too much stock\u2019 in \u2018details\u2019 of Trump\u2019s Kharg Island threat<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxPczhKT2VmVWVXZmZsbmRRSmpWaGxQR2hVaXF6Slk4NUFVa2IzTjF5VF9BQWdFbnBuV2RvQkZ2bXJZeVRDNl80YTJJcS1FUmlaNDB6SVdxX3QzdW1rVXE2ZGt3alNucUFhXzBUeTYwa0hFZ0RON0ZlZlRUUHpWRHlqbUNZYm01ODZHLWZLeVEzeXRkQ0lEd2xPODNEd05uczBQZ1FIV2hSRUtqdng3UWZ2YlRWUTNOOEplUE9WdVo1d9IBxAFBVV95cUxNaDBfRDl6UkNhMjQ1YWx6TlZOVWZFaFlaZUVmU2dFX1dMVTNBLUJHendxQWV0aEdhRkJHTkFwdmNPUEdCQ2ROREVXSDREWlpCSVJPWHBwTW9VTEpRVlJJeGNGcmlrSFFxVERtN05naHpOZDlnWkRkaGcwZVBnUDA1emJXWHYzRGRvRFBncHR5cUlVOTFwNGx5STRER1ZMMzhLZGRoTWJtbWRYV0hUV1R1bnlmcE8wUDl6SzdLUUVzZUt2dHdN?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US takeover of Iran\u2019s Kharg Island might be quick but would pose risks to troops, experts say<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Times of Israel<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMickFVX3lxTE9yM205T1pyRFdLUW1Ed0drdzA5a2xpYmlmd05VaUgzUDUydEZKdFBvVXZSM29Nam1ibXE1RnZmMzBiajdUb1RXM3R0RFExOFJQN0hxcHBUUXEzcm5nRF9iWmZtOVZGaEhha1h5QVpSbFpFZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Suggests Stealing Half of Iran\u2019s Oil as War Payback<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New Republic<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Kharg Island is central to Trump&#8217;s escalating Iran threats&nbsp;&nbsp;Axios Iran\u2019s Kharg Island is key to its oil exports. Targeting it carries major risks&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/11\/why-kharg-island-is-central-to-trumps-escalating-iran-threats-axios\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}