Why does President Trump want Iran’s Kharg Island?

特朗普总统为何想要伊朗的哈尔格岛?

What in the World

2026-06-12

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On Thursday, US President Donald Trump threatened to take “total control" of Iran's oil and gas markets, and to seize Kharg Island. Just hours later though, he claimed an agreement to end the war with Iran was on the horizon and cancelled a third consecutive night of strikes. Mixed messaging from the US President on this conflict is nothing new - but the island at the centre of this latest dispute has a huge role to play. It’s a small, rocky outcrop off of Iran’s coast - but it’s importance for the country’s oil infrastructure- and now for President Trump - is huge. So why is Kharg Island so important? And why does President Trump want it? Ghoncheh Habibiazad, from the BBC’s Persian language service, joins us to unpack it all - and to explain what the consequences could be if President Trump decides to take the island. Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk WhatsApp: +44 330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: William Lee Adams Producers: Chelsea Coates and Emily Horler Editor: Verity Wilde
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  • On Thursday, live on air on the US news show Fox and Friends,

  • President Trump threatened to hit Iran, in his words, very hard.

  • Yeah, there will be more bombing tonight.

  • It'll be a bigger, bigger, more powerful.

  • But then just hours later, he made this announcement from the Oval Office.

  • We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran.

  • And we're going to be subject to finalization of documents.

  • We should get done over the next few days.

  • Iran's foreign ministry denied that, saying it had not reached a final conclusion on the agreement to end the war.

  • And amid all this back and forth, a small, rocky outcrop off of Iran's coast has loomed rather large in discussions.