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

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US hits military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, Vance says no change to strategy Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox U.S. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool Published Apr 07, 2026, 08:55 PM Updated Apr 07, 2026, 09:05 PM Listen BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON, April 7 - U.S. strikes on Iran's Kharg Island do not represent a change in American strategy, U.S. 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. 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.” REUTERS See more on Strikes Infrastructure Iran

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance attends a press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, at the former Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, April 7, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool
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BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON, April 7 - U.S. strikes on Iran's Kharg Island do not represent a change in American strategy, U.S. 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. (0001 Wednesday GMT) in negotiations to end the conflict. U.S. 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.” REUTERS
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- US hits military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, Vance says no change to strategy Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox U.S.
- REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool Published Apr 07, 2026, 08:55 PM Updated Apr 07, 2026, 09:05 PM Listen BUDAPEST/WASHINGTON, April 7 - U.S. strikes on Iran's Kharg Island do not represent a change in American strategy, U.S.
- 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.
- 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. (0001 Wednesday GMT) in negotiations to end the conflict.

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