15 March,2026 07:58 AM IST | Dubai | Agencies
Iran’s Kharg Island is home to the primary terminal that handles the country’s oil exports. Pic/PTI
President Donald Trump said US forces on Friday "obliterated" targets on Iran's Kharg Island, which is home to the primary terminal that handles the country's oil exports. The speaker of the Iranian parliament had warned that such strikes would provoke a new level of retaliation as the US-Israel war with Iran enters the third week. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said the US, despite "bullying India" to end Russian oil imports, is now begging them to buy crude from Moscow, two weeks after its war with Iran.
"The US spent months bullying India into ending oil imports from Russia," said Araghchi on Friday in a post on X. "After two weeks of war with Iran, White House is now begging the world, including India, to buy Russian crude," he added. This comes after, on March 5, the US issued a 30-day waiver allowing India to buy Russian oil, having previously imposed heavy sanctions related to the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, an American official said 2,500 more Marines and an amphibious assault ship are being sent to West Asia.
The humanitarian crisis in Lebanon worsened with nearly 826 people killed and 850,000 displaced as Israel launched waves of strikes against Iran-backed Hezbollah militants and warned there would be no let up. The Israeli strikes began after Hezbollah launched strikes on Israel in response to the killing of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei on March 2.
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