Iran military threatens US-linked oil targets after Trump says Kharg bombed

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Iran’s armed forces have threatened to destroy US-linked oil infrastructure after President Donald Trump said the United States had bombed Iran’s oil hub Kharg Island, AFP reports.

The military’s Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said in a statement cited by Iranian media that oil and energy infrastructure belonging to firms that cooperated with the United States would “immediately be destroyed and turned into a pile of ashes” if Iran’s energy facilities were attacked.

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