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U.S. strikes on Iran\u2019s Kharg Island<\/a> do not represent a change in American strategy, Vice President JD Vance<\/a> said on Tuesday, as a U.S. official separately told Reuters the additional strikes on military targets did not impact oil infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, described at least some of the strikes as targeting sites that had been previously struck before and said the attack occurred in the early morning hours of Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vance, speaking separately in Budapest, said the strikes were not a change in U.S. strategy<\/a>, with the Trump administration confident that it can get a response from Iran<\/a> by 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in negotiations to end the conflict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, on February 25. (Planet Labs PBC via Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

President Donald Trump is demanding Iran forswear nuclear weapons and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil transit waterway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were going to strike some military targets on Kharg Island, and I believe we have done so,\u201d Vance said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not going to strike energy and infrastructure targets until the Iranians either make a proposal that we can get behind or don\u2019t make a proposal,\u201d he added. \u201cI don\u2019t think the news in Kharg Island … represents a change in strategy, or represents any change from the President of the United States.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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