This was published just a few hours before the US apparently did attack Kharg Island: "But at least for the moment, Trump seems to realise that Kharg Island needs to be left intact if he is to preserve the already shaky notion that he can end this war in a manner he can present as a success – which increasingly looks like degrading Iran but not forcing it to capitulate – without causing long-term economic pain for Americans."
Kharg Island: Iran’s energy lifeline that has so far escaped attack
Often called the ‘forbidden island’, Kharg is vital to Iran’s economic survival.
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