Explainer: The effect US attacks on Iran’s oil export hub could have

As Iran continued to block nautical traffic along the Strait of Hormuz, the US on Saturday said it had conducted a large bombing raid on the country’s oil export hub - Kharg island - in an attempt to change that.

The island has long been seen as a key vulnerability that could provoke a severe response by Tehran if it was attacked.
US President

Donald Trump

claimed in a post that the raid had “totally obliterated” military forces on the island. He said that he had directed the Pentagon not to damage its oil infrastructure, “for reasons of decency.”