{"id":149041,"date":"2026-04-02T13:28:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149041"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:28:37","slug":"how-trumps-plan-to-take-irans-kharg-island-could-come-unhinged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149041","title":{"rendered":"How Trump\u2019s plan to take Iran\u2019s Kharg Island could come unhinged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostDonald Trump\u2019s threat to seize Kharg Island \u2013 a key Iranian oil hub \u2013 could be a risky proposition, analysts say, given its strategic location in the Persian Gulf.<br \/>\nThe small coral island lying about 33km (21 miles) offshore handles around 90 per cent of Iran\u2019s crude shipments. It also sits close to missile and drone ranges stationed on the Iranian mainland and about 660km (410 miles) from the now heavily fortified Strait of Hormuz.<br \/>\nThe Trump administration has been considering deploying troops&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3348843\/how-trumps-plan-take-irans-kharg-island-could-come-unhinged?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostDonald Trump\u2019s threat to seize Kharg Island \u2013 a key Iranian oil hub \u2013 could be a risky proposition, analysts say, given its strategic&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149041"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}