{"id":17546,"date":"2026-03-20T09:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/20\/trump-mulls-risky-kharg-island-takeover-to-force-iran-to-open-strait-axios\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:45:33","slug":"trump-mulls-risky-kharg-island-takeover-to-force-iran-to-open-strait-axios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/20\/trump-mulls-risky-kharg-island-takeover-to-force-iran-to-open-strait-axios\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump mulls risky Kharg Island takeover to force Iran to open strait &#8211; Axios"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifkFVX3lxTE5iVnlabUVqOG9OaTlkOW9DYmJ1MHNhOERtd2tVMU4zd0hqVExiaWlGRHAwaHN6bWtCSDRkeDY3cDVENmJRWXJUQ1VaX1d3Z3NENk15TDB4Yl8zeVdHYnZJb2xYeG5xV250OVNiR1BqREtwc05FSXhSVjkzTEJrQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump mulls risky Kharg Island takeover to force Iran to open strait<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNX3UyVWVubWFvZDlhZ2xNbnZBaGliNjhnWWJ0R0ZjNjFUQTNPY0xRc1NQZ2cyY3dHTmlIM25ydDQtb21wQzJFcXdSWm5LdW8xSGZLalhTaXBvWm5GVlM3ajB6Wlg5Qk1zYktreDNxTWpUSmU3ZjE5OUlWbWZXYTAzamo0X3M1YVl1RVBuMFJSOE8xWlcwenhqRHc3bDZOU0FVUmc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon weighs sending more troops to Middle East<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxNWThGM0NZUFRZN3dXTzB4SDY3OWM4Xy1JOVoxT3JaYy0zbjRTZXNLenJ5TEJpNkp4RnYtRWZzSF9hRV9IdEx0TjFRVlhPaXFXWHBRT1VoeEwxVVAtMkt0LWFwbmwwcnVKcnRzdldPaE00RDlISkJ5UTY0bTg5eTB3NXRGWHpTa1Q2Z2FDMXRoVU9SVnlPbThMSmpCem5IWDZ6TWJPN2dVUUhjX3BTRm1OOHpHQmVMcVF1U3FMOXlkZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Exclusive: US weighs military reinforcements as Iran war enters possible new phase<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxNY1ljNWVlUGRMR3Q3cUF6S0FlR1hrSEpKN1dOZGpYMWpzWkp1OFRLekRoa3Q2aENhNlo4bVRZSzJqZUhWUkFFZVpES0psNFB0LWJVam0zUkt4YjRnNGRJaGpiY3k4dFMxUU9yX2t2emVlS213SG9ZOTBjZEtjSHotRktKQlZJUjRpVGNVb1hPTWcwd9IBlAFBVV95cUxNOWUwc2JhSGphdGZPdmRWTFZndldVaDRESzJHQnQwdEFGU1htSWlQVFdqOUo1Nk5kMkMxWURDRGtpT0Q1Z05CQ1hTNEh0aE1aYkE1dVUtMS1NNDJtcFZJbzZSYTV6YkU0VzQtNTVVaE11QnVsLXVpLXc2RDBoaWd0RnlMS1BDcjNabXkwUF9xaEN1ZE9J?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Weighs Troop Deployments To Keep Middle East Options Open: Media Reports<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxNaG9STnkwdWFNYTlhZkZlNjlDVUFqU1VxX0t6ZVlxVlY0NFVHb2lrY3VUeVNYRHE5a1FNRjVtZjJRNGgxeGxQbGRVLU5SYkIzREMxeFV2SkxKVk5PVk1abUJoZFY3a2Nicnd1SnBQWl9xbkhBM3FnbWRzUzJpSldSZGpWMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Says He Won\u2019t Send Troops to Iran but Leaves Wiggle Room<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump mulls risky Kharg Island takeover to force Iran to open strait&nbsp;&nbsp;Axios Pentagon weighs sending more troops to Middle East&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Exclusive: US weighs military reinforcements&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/20\/trump-mulls-risky-kharg-island-takeover-to-force-iran-to-open-strait-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-17546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17546","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=17546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}