Reuters. President Donald Trump said on Thursday (June 11) the United States would hit Iran with 'bigger, more powerful' bombs after strikes by both sides in the Gulf undermined a shaky ceasefire.
Iranian sources and Western officials said indirect U.S.-Iranian talks on a preliminary peace deal had intensified. But a worsening of hostilities this week has undermined prospects for a swift end to more than three months of war.
Trump threatened new strikes on Iran after the two sides traded air attacks on Thursday for the second successive day.
Iran exports most of its oil via Kharg Island with volumes usually amounting to 2 million barrels per day, or around 2% of global supply, and flowing mainly to China.
"The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT," Trump said in a social media post.
Trump also said the U.S. could take Kharg island. Iran exports most of its oil via Kharg Island with volumes usually amounting to 2 million barrels per day, or around 2% of global supply, and flowing mainly to China.
The war has killed thousands of people, mainly in Iran and Lebanon, and pushed up global oil prices since the U.S. and Israel launched heavy airstrikes on Iran on February 28.
