US hits military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island

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

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.

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

A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, on February 25. (Planet Labs PBC via Reuters)

President Donald Trump is demanding Iran forswear nuclear weapons and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil transit waterway.

“We were going to strike some military targets on Kharg Island, and I believe we have done so,” Vance said.

“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 added. “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.”

美国副总统万斯周二表示，美国对伊朗哈尔格岛的袭击并不代表美国战略的改变。与此同时，一位美国官员告诉路透社，对军事目标的额外袭击并未影响石油基础设施。

一位不愿透露姓名的官员告诉路透社，至少部分袭击的目标是之前曾被袭击过的地点，并表示袭击发生在周二凌晨。

万斯在布达佩斯单独发表讲话时表示，此次空袭并不代表美国战略的改变，特朗普政府有信心在美东时间晚上 8 点前从伊朗获得回应，以结束冲突的谈判。

2月25日，卫星图像显示了伊朗哈尔格岛的一个石油码头。（Planet Labs PBC via Reuters）

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普要求伊朗放弃核武器，并重新开放霍尔木兹海峡——一条重要的石油运输水道。

“我们原本计划打击哈尔克岛上的一些军事目标，我相信我们已经做到了，”万斯说。

他补充说：“除非伊朗方面提出我们能够接受的方案，或者干脆不提出方案，否则我们不会打击能源和基础设施目标。我认为哈尔克岛的消息……并不代表战略的改变，也不代表美国总统的任何立场改变。”