Trump Floats Kharg Island Seizure in Financial Times Interview

President Trump told the Financial Times on March 29: 'To be honest with you, my favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran. Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don't. We have a lot of options. I don't think they have any defence.' The statement — the most explicit presidential signal yet of a possible US seizure of Iran's primary oil export terminal on Kharg Island — caused immediate alarm among Gulf allies and sent oil traders scrambling. Trump also told reporters aboard Air Force One that Iran agreed to 'most of' the 15 US demands conveyed via Pakistan: 'They gave us most of the points. Why wouldn't they? They're agreeing with us on the plan.' Iranian state media immediately contradicted this, quoting a senior security official saying Iran formally rejected the plan.