« #Iran has been laying traps and moving additional military personnel and air defenses to #Kharg Island in recent weeks in preparation for a possible US operation to take control of the island, according to multiple people familiar with US intelligence.
The Trump administration has been weighing using US #troops to seize the tiny island in the Persian Gulf — an economic lifeline for Iran that handles roughly 90% of the country’s #crude exports — as leverage over the Iranians to coerce them to reopen the Strait of #Hormuz. »

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/25/politics/iran-kharg-island-us-military-ground-troops