U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States will strike Iran “very hard” on Thursday night and threatens further escalation. In posts on Truth Social, Trump asserts that the U.S. will target Iran again “tonight,” without providing additional operational details in the accounts reviewed. He also says that, “at some point” or “in the not too distant future,” the U.S. could take control of Iran’s Kharg Island oil depot and other oil and gas infrastructure sites. Trump adds that such action would allow the U.S. to “assume total control” of Iran’s oil and gas markets, describing an approach similar to one he says the U.S. has taken regarding Venezuela.
Multiple outlets report the same core claims: Trump’s pledge of a “very hard” strike on Iran tonight and his stated intention, at an unspecified future time, to seek control over key Iranian energy export infrastructure centered on Kharg Island. The reports do not include corroborating details on timing, targets beyond the general reference to energy infrastructure, or Iranian responses.
