U.S. Strikes More Than 90 Iranian Military Targets On Kharg Island, CENTCOM Says

Last night, U.S. forces executed a large-scale precision strike on Kharg Island, Iran. The strike destroyed naval mine storage facilities, missile storage bunkers, and multiple other military sites. U.S. forces successfully struck more than 9src Iranian military targets on Kharg… pic.twitter.com/2X1glD4Flt

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 14, 2src26

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Trump announced the strike on Kharg Island just hours after the interview aired. 

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The U.S. has “no stupid rules of engagement,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday.

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President Donald Trump called Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei “one of the most evil people in history.”

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