US hits military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island, Vance says no change to strategy

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BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON - US strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island do not represent a change in American strategy, US Vice President JD Vance said on April 7 as a US 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 April 7.

Mr Vance, speaking separately in Budapest, said the strikes were not a change in US strategy, with the Trump administration confident that it can get a response from Iran by 8pm (8.01am on April 8, Singapore time) in negotiations to end the conflict.

US 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,” Mr 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.” REUTERS