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Vice President JD Vance confirmed Tuesday that recent American military strikes against Iran’s Kharg Island do not signal any shift in the United States’ current approach, while a U.S. official confirmed the attacks focused on military installations rather than oil facilities.<\/p>

An unnamed U.S. official speaking with Reuters indicated that the strikes targeted locations that had been hit in previous operations, with the military action taking place during the early morning hours on Tuesday.<\/p>

During remarks made in Budapest, Vance emphasized that these strikes maintain consistency with existing U.S. policy, noting the Trump administration expects Iran to respond by 8 p.m. Tuesday (0001 Wednesday GMT) regarding ongoing negotiations aimed at resolving the current conflict. President Trump has demanded that Iran abandon its nuclear weapons program and allow the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route for global oil transport.<\/p>

“We were going to strike some military targets on Kharg Island, and I believe we have done so,” Vance stated.<\/p>

“We’re not going to strike energy and infrastructure targets until the Iranians either make a proposal that we can get behind or don’t make a proposal,” he continued. “I don’t think the news in Kharg Island … represents a change in strategy, or represents any change from the President of the United States.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vice President JD Vance confirmed Tuesday that U.S. military strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island targeted military sites but avoided oil infrastructure. The strikes occurred early Tuesday morning and don’t represent a change in American strategy, according to Vance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":48365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1775568154060.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-cA6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36704,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/trump-orders-strikes-on-iranian-oil-hub-warns-of-further-action\/","url_meta":{"origin":48366,"position":0},"title":"Trump Orders Strikes on Iranian Oil Hub, Warns of Further Action","author":"Admin","date":"March 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"President Trump announced U.S. forces attacked military installations on Iran's Kharg Island, a crucial oil export facility. 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