If the U.S. Takes Kharg Island, Iran’s Oil Lifeline Could Collapse

If the U.S. Takes Kharg Island, Iran’s Oil Lifeline Could Collapse

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Kharg Island is small enough to overlook and important enough to matter. As Iran’s primary oil export hub, it concentrates economic power into a few square miles of exposed terrain, making it both an attractive target and a difficult place to hold under sustained pressure.