Power was cut off on Iran’s Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday following a wave of US strikes targeting more than 50 sites, according to US and Iranian media reports. Iranian outlets said the power outage came after heavy US attacks on the island. The Wall Street Journal said that US fighter jets bombed more than 50 military targets on the Iranian island. Iran’s Mehr News Agency earlier said that US and Israeli warplanes carried out several airstrikes on the island, causing multiple explosions. No details were yet available about casualties or damage. READ: Trump says ‘whole civilization will die tonight’ as Iran deal deadline looms Last week, US President Donald Trump said that all military targets on Kharg […]
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Read Full Article on Middle East Monitor →![A general view of the port of Kharg Island Oil Terminal in Iran on 12 March 2017 [Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/20170312_2_22363615_19798158.jpg)
