US hits military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island
U.S. strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island do not represent a change in American strategy, Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday, as a U.S. official separately told Reuters the additional strikes on military targets did not impact oil infrastructure.
The official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, described at least some of the strikes as targeting sites that had been previously struck before and said the attack occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday.
Vance, speaking separately in Budapest, said the strikes were not a change in U.S. strategy, with the Trump administration confident that it can get a response from Iran by 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in negotiations to end the conflict.
President Donald Trump is demanding Iran forswear nuclear weapons and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil transit waterway.
“We were going to strike some military targets on Kharg Island, and I believe we have done so,” Vance said.
“We’re not going to strike energy and infrastructure targets until the Iranians either make a proposal that we can get behind or don’t make a proposal,” he added. “I don’t think the news in Kharg Island ... represents a change in strategy, or represents any change from the President of the United States.”
The U.S. conducted airstrikes on military targets on Kharg Island, Iran, in the early morning hours of Tuesday. Vice President JD Vance confirmed that these strikes do not signify a change in U.S. strategy. The attacks targeted sites previously struck and did not affect oil infrastructure. President Trump continues to demand that Iran abandon its nuclear weapons program.
- U.S. conducted airstrikes on military targets in Iran's Kharg Island.
- The strikes did not impact oil infrastructure.
- The attacks were described as targeting previously struck sites.
- Vice President JD Vance stated the strikes do not represent a change in U.S. strategy.
- President Trump is demanding Iran forswear nuclear weapons.