Iran claims US also hit another island during Kharg bombing

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has claimed that the U.S. strikes targeting Kharg Island also included another island in the Persian Gulf, Abu Musa.

The U.S. military struck Kharg Island late Friday, in what President Donald Trump called “one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East.” The strikes “totally obliterated” the military targets on the island, viewed as Iran’s oil lifeline, but left its oil infrastructure untouched, Trump said.

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