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Sources: OpenStreetMap, Marine Traffic, Kpler, Global Fishing Watch, Maroos Group, Global Energy Monitor, Oil and Gas Infrastructure Mapping (OGIM) database Graphic: Lou Robinson, CNN

Explosions Reported On Strategic Kharg Island, According To Iranian News Agency

Explosions have been reported on Iran’s Kharg Island, from which almost all the country’s oil is exported, according to the semi-official Iranian news agency Mehr.

This satellite image shows Iran’s Kharg Island on March 11. Airbus

Mehr reported “several explosions” but provided no further details.

US President Donald Trump has on several occasions threatened to bomb the island or to seize it.

On March 30, Trump said in a social media post that the US could destroy “Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island.”

SOURCE: CNN

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