US ‘Obliterated’ Military Targets on Iran’s Kharg Island, Oil Infrastructure Left Intact For Now: Trump

The U.S. president said he decided to not destroy the oil infrastructure on the island.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Women's History Month event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. Jim Watson/AFP

President Donald Trump said on March 13 that the United States “totally obliterated” all military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island.

“Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran’s crown jewel, Kharg Island,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Friday.