”Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don't. We have a lot of options,” Trump told the Financial Times.
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US President Donald Trump has expressed his desire to buy Iranian oil. Similarly, he has warned that the export center of Kharg Island may be seized. In an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday, he said that the US could control Iran's oil indefinitely, just like Venezuela. Earlier in January, after the kidnapping of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, Trump announced that the US would operate the oil fields in Venezuela. He also said that the US and Venezuela would use the proceeds from the oil trade together. On February 28, the US-Israeli attack on Iran. As a result, crude oil prices have risen significantly in the past month. On Monday morning, the price of Brent crude in Asia reached above $116 per barrel. Trump said, "Honestly, my favorite thing to do is buy oil from Iran. But some stupid people in America say, 'Why are you doing that?' But they are stupid. ’ Trump has been building up US forces in the Middle East. The Pentagon is in talks with the White House about deploying 10,000 trained troops to the Middle East with the aim of attacking Kharg Island. About 3,500 Marines, including about 2,200 Marines, arrived in the Middle East on Friday.
Kharg Island is Iran’s main oil export hub. Oil is brought here by pipeline from Iranian oil fields and processed and sent to the world market. 90 to 95 percent of Iran’s oil exports go to the world market through this island.
‘Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don’t. We have a lot of options,’ Trump told the Financial Times, ‘We may have to stay on Kharg Island for a while.’
He also claimed that the US could easily take over Kharg Island. ‘I don’t think Iran has any security. We could take it very easily,’ he said.
Citing the killing of Iran's then Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several other senior officials in a US strike, he claimed that there had been a 'regime change' in Iran. He claimed that the people in power were very professional and that the US had also been in talks with them.
Earlier, Trump had also claimed that talks with Iran were in the final stages. Iran denied this.
Trump also repeated the claim that Khomeini's son and Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khomeini was dead or seriously injured. Iran denied this claim and said that the Supreme Leader was safe.
