Mandy Taheri – NEWSWEEK.com March 21, 2026
An Iranian military source warned that new U.S. strikes or an invasion of Kharg Island, a key Iranian oil export hub, could prompt Tehran to escalate by threatening nearby waterways, including the Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, telling the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-affiliated Tasnim News Agency the United States would face an “unprecedented” response.
On a potential U.S. invasion of the island, the official warned that American troops would struggle to defend it and would “suffer losses that are unprecedented since World War II.”
Newsweek has reached out to the White House for comment via email on Saturday.
Why It Matters
Late last month, the U.S. and Israel targeted key military targets in Iran and killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other government leaders. Iran responded by launching missiles and drones targeting Israel and several Gulf Arab states that host U.S. armed forces.
In a Truth Social post on March 13, President Donald Trump wrote the U.S. had just “obliterated every military target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island.” The island, located in the Red Sea just off of Iran’s shore, is incredibly strategic for the country’s oil exports. The island is about 300 miles north of the Strait of Hormuz.
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains heavily disrupted, though Iran has said some vessels from countries not involved in attacks on the Islamic Republic may be allowed to transit. In addition to shipping and trade disruptions, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) reported that 17 vessels have come under attack since February 28, and thousands more impacted.
The Red Sea, bordered by Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea to the west and Saudi Arabia and Yemen to the east, leads south to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a roughly 20-mile-wide chokepoint linking it to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, making it another key global shipping route.
What To Know
In a Telegram post in Persian, Tasnim News reported an Iranian military source warned if the U.S. were to initiate further attacks or possible invasion of Kharg Island, the Islamic Republic may respond with “insecurity in other straits, including the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Red Sea.”
The official noted if the U.S. were to attack Kharg Island again, “Iran would set fire to all the [oil] facilities in the region,” which would greatly disrupt already soaring oil prices.
The Trump administration is considering occupying or imposing a blockade on Kharg Island to pressure Tehran, according to Axios, citing four unnamed sources with knowledge of the issue. However, any move to seize the island roughly 20 miles offshore, where 90 percent of Iran’s crude oil exports are processed, could put U.S. troops more directly in the line of fire.
Regarding a potential U.S. invasion, the Iranian official said that “the Americans would have no way to protect Kharg and would suffer losses that are unprecedented since World War II.”
The statement comes as the Trump administration is deploying more warships and nearly 2,500 Marines to the region. On Friday, Trump told reporters asking about further military targeting of Kharg Island, “I may have a plan, I may not,” adding, “It’s certainly a place that people are talking about. But I can’t tell you that.”
A White House official told CBS News on Friday the U.S. military “can take out” Kharg Island “at any time,” and the president “retains all options.”
Kharg Island is essential to Iran’s oil network and has been targeted by the Trump administration as part of its effort to open the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said the March 13 strikes avoided the island’s oil export infrastructure, striking military structures, but warned Iran, if the country does “anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision.”
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow, yet incredibly strategically important waterway connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. At its narrowest point, the strait is about 21 miles wide. Around 20 percent of global oil trade passes through the Strait, with any disruption often spiking global prices.
The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark, has soared to over $100 per barrel, around $106 on Saturday.
What People Are Saying
President Donald Trump said in a March 12 Truth Social post: “The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money. BUT, of far greater interest and importance to me, as President, is stoping an evil Empire, Iran, from having Nuclear Weapons, and destroying the Middle East and, indeed, the World. I won’t ever let that happen!”
Author Brandon Weichert said in a March 20 X post: “Kharg Island might very well be a feint. We might be going in from Iraq.”
U.S. Central Command Admiral Brad Cooper said in a video posted on X Saturday: “Iran’s ability to threaten freedom of navigation in and around the Strait of Hormuz is degraded as a result and we will not stop pursuing these targets.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo on earlier this week: “We will see what happens with whether that [Kharg Island] becomes a U.S. asset.”
A source with knowledge of the Trump administration’s plans told Axios: “He [Trump] wants Hormuz open. If he has to take Kharg Island to make it happen, that’s going to happen. If he decides to have a coastal invasion, that’s going to happen. But that decision hasn’t been made.”
Senator Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, said on March 2: “We have to have the humility to acknowledge the fact that U.S. servicemembers have already lost their lives and been injured, that we could face serious consequences in the loss and death of our troops, serious consequences in instability in the region, serious consequences in rising energy prices for Americans.”
Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a West Virginia Republican, said in a March 12 statement: “I think that the American people don’t want to see boots on the ground. I think that we can achieve objectives without that, and I would hope that’s the end product.”
Representative Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, said in a March 16 X post: “The first week of Trump’s illegal war in Iran cost Americans over $11 billion. Each day costs nearly $2 billion more. Gas prices are the highest they’ve been since 2023. Americans can’t afford this expensive, endless war. It’s time to stop Trump’s reckless abuse of power.”
What Happens Next
The course of the war remains uncertain, with Trump at times saying it could end soon and at others signaling a longer military campaign.
the money changers
The UK national debt stands at£2,927.7 billion,
The battle of waterloo was fought between the 2 most
powerful countries at the time
Britain and France.
Both sides were funded by Rothschilds bank.
“Fractional reserve lending” allows for interest to be charged
on other interest, on yet more interest.
You think you own your car ?
you do not you are only now the registered keeper
if they want to take it and crush it they can.
You think you own your house ?
you do not, you are now only the registered occupier
You think you own your children ?
you do not, the government can take them any time they want
and foster them out to homosexual couples and they do
You think you own your own body ?
you do not, after death they as a matter of routine
take out your eyes and thyroid, and often other organs
unless you opt out, which is not an easy process
The World Economic Forum WEF said
” you will own nothing, but be happy”
That time is now.
Tony Blair gave all this, that you have to Rothschild, to ease the national debt
which is unpayable.
This has been going on a long time,
the only time in the bible jesus lost his temper,
was over the money changers in the temple.
“The Trump administration is considering occupying or imposing a blockade on Kharg Island”
What kind of crap is this? The yankees would not be able to do either. If they tried to invade that island or indeed any part of Iran they would be slaughtered – assuming they found a way to get there in the first place of course.
A blockade? With what? Pure fantasy.
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The UK government claim huge numbers of UK men not fit for their coming war
This was why the NHS was started to get men fit for another war.
Supermarket foods have 50 toxic ingrediants.
Tap water is so dirty because they take water from the same rivers effluent is discharged into
this has been suggested as being behind the prostate cancer epidemic
Respiratory diseases are through the roof asthma etc, from government chemtrailing
Government allowed the mass rape of white girls in rotherham
white men have been erased from TV adverts
The UK has been filled with foreign migrants
we all had to have the jew-jab, they didnt
white folk have been made second class citizens in the own land
after the zio government have done this, they want us to fight another war for the jews
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Taking Kharg Island to open up the Strait of Hormuz is ridiculous, a non sequitur. It’s comparable to a British adversary seizing the Shetland Isles to open up the Thames Estuary.
I think Iran already has nuclear missiles ready to strike Israel in retaliation if necessary!😒👌🤢
this is why the jews did that hoax on trumps right ear
Bible Gateway passage: Luke 22:49-51, John 18:10-15, Matthew 26:51-55 …
When Jesus’ followers saw what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?” And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.
POLITICAL BIAS/DISINFO CAMPAIGN AGAINST IRAN
WHO OWNS SKYTV NEWS?
https://visualfoodie.com/understanding-the-current-sky-news-ownership/
WHO OWNS GB NEWS?
https://factually.co/fact-checks/media/who-owns-gb-news-6f75f6
The background details re ownership and shares interests of both these two disinfo channels would explain the very obvious, in your face political bias interwoven into ALL news reports with follow-ups-selectively chosen ensuring all hand-picked panel/guests would be towing the pro US/Israel political line with zero opposition to challenge the lies and where the average tv viewer would not have access to all the selectively hidden facts.
Kharg Island.” The island, located in the Red Sea
Kharg Island is not in the Red Sea it is located in the Persian Gulf
Trump is gambling bigtime with our nation, our military, our money, and all our lives. We all know he wants to “do what is best for America,” but this feels more like “what’s best for Greater Israel.” Since Trump hates losing, hates being humiliated, and refuses to back down, then what are all us Americans really in for here ? Where is this all going ? I shudder to think, and I’m waiting for Nostradamus’ “man with the blue turban” to surface, the “worst of the 3 anti-christs,” the most merciless, and a true follower of Mohammad. Yah I know, funny, right ?
Deeper into a catastrophe, set up by the Zionist International and its Israeli leaders, America is manipulated into a war for Israel’s benefit.
Over and over and over, behold how obvious that…
Israel is not an ally to America. It is the opposite.
You have been conquered, America, conquered by an enemy of international Zionism. It has infiltrated your government with its agents. It has exerted a narrative promoted by the movie industry. It has moved into the media to promoted a narrative of religious heritage, a lie repeatedly told to you. It has bought your politicians and now they perform for the money given them. It has enacted legislation to criminalize dissent and criticism of a foreign power, thus subverting your Bill of Rights and your Constitution. Its partisans now demand, openly, to bring criminal charges against journalists who warn of the dangers. Behold your ruination.
Invading US Forces invading Kharg Island would need to be supplied with groceries. That might not be so easy. Trying to get invading forces there in the first place might not even be possible.
The amphibious vessels the US use to get there will most likely be sunk.
Amphibious vessels have wheels.
That’s not what the US use.
I suppose I meant an amphibious landing in specially constructed vessels.
Anyway, I doubt it will work.
Thanks but no thanks for the repeat of recent history….. You think we don’t know who said what and when? Yawn.
Just imagine how famous short, fake Trump will be if he manages to single-handedly destroy the Unitef States Marine Corps! Maybe they will add a new, final verse to their famous fight somg! Maybe Trumpy’s name will be on it!
https://youtu.be/Qqv6tzeJ9R4?si=udHgkuvLnMdeF0YT
michael on March 22, 2026 at 4:53 pm
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Good post !
USA has been the J*ws bitch for centuries.
It was created by the Jews to be their GOLEM.
“Best Before Date” is accelerating …USA is slowly but surely being sucked dry and KIKED to the curb.
QUOTE:
“It has moved into the media to promoted a narrative of religious heritage, a lie repeatedly told to you. ”
Jesus is NOT coming…. he never existed.
So millions of suckers are cheering on their own destruction in the false hope of a psy-opp and a ” rapture ” of a 2nd coming..via the “Scofield’s Bible” drafted by a drunk degenerate loser.
If a “God” exists ?,
…..then do him honour and homage by using your God -given brain , use critical thinking etc. and rally your fellow man to destroy the Satan/s who are increasingly exposed themselves.
@RAH:
Per-tribulation rapture is false doctrine. You will see that Jesus is very real. You will meet Him at your particular judgement or if you’re alive at the Second Coming.