{"id":17254,"date":"2026-03-19T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/19\/why-trumps-attacks-and-threats-to-irans-kharg-island-are-a-big-deal-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T09:00:00","slug":"why-trumps-attacks-and-threats-to-irans-kharg-island-are-a-big-deal-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/19\/why-trumps-attacks-and-threats-to-irans-kharg-island-are-a-big-deal-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump&#8217;s attacks and threats to Iran&#8217;s Kharg Island are a big deal &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggFBVV95cUxNRVVnbmJncFZvTTc0U0NZbW9fbTZGTVhlMDhZUmVScm5ja3J3di1zNXpBaFA3QjlrTkRXRWtMOG1JdXNzT00xQklEbU1BcWluaU01anpsOGtXZWdVUmc0TllyWDRFSW9LRUlRNjc0bkJudk1JU283WFprcGRxRmtrcHhB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Why Trump&#8217;s attacks and threats to Iran&#8217;s Kharg Island are a big deal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE5icUxCSjhVQ2FWYTdvWHd2dGxUQnNsaVUzMXQxUnpiaHFRZjhoTkFtMUVlTXdwOTd0M3N4WnFrTzR3dUtKNm1CVG1jdFZVcVNqMlVtT001VV9pVExhQ2VNUDBwUVJiWWU2ODNoTXo1dEozZlJUckQ3ZXV3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump eyes &#8220;Hormuz Coalition,&#8221; seizure of Iran&#8217;s Kharg Island oil hub<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxQcHh0T1BKQ1NWZEtHX0VqV3ZUeU9ieDF4a2pVb3VQZXdOVkN2QlB5OFNKcXhOaVVNREJjeVdzbERzT0ZCQ3E0Wk1uTEYtMHFOUmZCVXc0UWtBaE5lcEJFMk5WaUNkbkhsZ01LWG9zTllzb1VKZkpLUlluTnEtbVUta3VZQmkxUdIBiwFBVV95cUxOVUVPYVNxOUx4RWVhWUlfSTVmNEJ0ZnljS0VneWZrcVRJRGNLU0E3NkpOY056ZGFhMTctVGEyd3d5ZU5KZW9xbVdQNTRXcHJXQmxGbmJiTld6MDBncEtlUzVsbUU4Smx0QWZzWkhUWE1ZelcxWkllTnVaQ0ExenVrQnA3WEx0eDBWNG9z?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US should use Kharg Island as an ultimatum: Ex-general<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NewsNation<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxPMDE5ak5vSFRieElyRWFCaVRSaFRtWTI3Vlk3WDVNbE1FWnc1bTMzT2FBZlNsdVdFV0d2UXdfSy1IYUNodVg5V2J6VlA1M0p1S1dvM3lZbzNPZmt1VGtYMXc5UHQtVG9NVHNkbXQ4WHBOZU5ya0s0ODlzVjcyRFAxNEFNSDRfZ1JSNldSNUYyZlRIRFpRNmQ1MGhCZ3JINDUzeTdPUFRqd2lFaFZGaW1oUWZMNm8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond oil and conflict, Iran\u2019s Kharg Island holds a lost Christian past<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">EWTN News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE9xZm81RWR3WGtSV1pBbU5JaUh6NnhXS3NsX2V5djk2NFFoM195M3BqMGlDVXhibEQyOW12X0lvVnNVNHBDNk9nbzlvU2lzTi1xZ3VqQjFHUzRQcmZLdWVIOVZ0a3VNLVB6Z0tTMVZwNXBfVGtCaHROcHAwbzPSAYIBQVVfeXFMTzlJUFk5dUxUb2tlbVJ6RGdZQ09FSHVBX0xhN25lVnB5N3NBQ01MeHlNNWkyd2NxRFZQb2JLZHFQUU1SN3dZUUVlMVpBcEFqcjRrT1pQeU0wb3ZncjFCZnFZbGFFM0RLZXNkc081R2VYdHExVFhSNlhScDk3VWdON2Fndw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump weighs risky bet on Kharg Island in \u2018game of chicken\u2019 with Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Trump&#8217;s attacks and threats to Iran&#8217;s Kharg Island are a big deal&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR Trump eyes &#8220;Hormuz Coalition,&#8221; seizure of Iran&#8217;s Kharg Island oil hub&nbsp;&nbsp;Axios US&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/19\/why-trumps-attacks-and-threats-to-irans-kharg-island-are-a-big-deal-npr\/\" 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-17254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17254","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=17254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}