Iran threatens to destroy US-linked Gulf oil facilities

The Iranian government has said it will destroy all oil facilities around the Gulf region rather than let the Trump-Netanyahu axis get its hands on, or destroy, its Kharg Island oil terminal. The warning came after the US launched an attack of about fifteen bombs on military facilities on Iran’s island. Trump, typically, called the attack:

one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, [which] totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island.

The tiny island in the Persian gulf holds an oil terminal handling around 90% of Iran’s oil exports, as well as military defences. Trump has also threatened the oil terminal, and has been obsessed since at least 1988 with taking it for US profits. Iran, however, said it would destroy the whole region’s oil-handling capabilities rather than let his tiny hands touch it.

The IRGC-linked Fars News Agency said on Saturday 14 March 2026 that more the US caused more than 15 explosions targeting Iran’s air defences, airport and naval base. It said that if Trump attacks Kharg or any of Iran’s energy infrastructure:

…all oil and gas infrastructure in the region in which the U.S. and its allies have interests will be set on fire and destroyed.

Given Iran’s success in bombing US bases in the region and Israeli occupied Palestinian cities, few would doubt that Iran is capable of carrying out its threat. This would trigger a global oil crisis as well as almost certainly collapsing the ‘petrodollar’, the main thing propping up the US currency with over 1 Trillion demand on USD annually from the region.

Is Trump stupid enough to gamble that Iran is bluffing? Absolutely. Whether he actually will remains to be seen.

Featured image via Raksha Anirveda