{"id":502140,"date":"2026-03-13T19:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/trump-says-the-u-s-inflicted-one-of-the-most-devastating-bombings-in-the-history-of-the-middle-east-against-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T23:50:21","slug":"trump-says-the-u-s-inflicted-one-of-the-most-devastating-bombings-in-the-history-of-the-middle-east-against-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/international\/trump-says-the-u-s-inflicted-one-of-the-most-devastating-bombings-in-the-history-of-the-middle-east-against-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says the U.S. inflicted one of the most devastating bombings in the history of the Middle East against Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated that the US Army has carried out \"one of the most devastating bombings <strong>in the history of the Middle East\". \n\n\"Moments ago, under my orders, the United States Central Command carried out one of the most devastating bombings in the history of the Middle East and <strong>completely destroyed all military targets<\/strong> of Iran's crown jewel, Kharg Island,\" <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/116224324444349237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> the US president on his Truth Social platform.\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/Trump says he is following situation in Venezuela \u00abwith great interest\u00bb and does not want \u00abits oil\u00bb\">http:\/\/Trump says he is following situation in Venezuela \u00abwith great interest\u00bb and does not want \u00abits oil\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nIn the island referred to by Trump, key infrastructure for the export of Iranian oil is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/3\/11\/the-orphan-pearl-inside-kharg-the-beating-heart-of-irans-oil-empire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">located<\/a>. From the island, <strong>90% of the country's total crude oil exports<\/strong> are managed.\n\n\"Our weapons are the most powerful and sophisticated the world has ever known. But, for reasons of decency, <strong>I have decided not to destroy the island's oil infrastructure<\/strong>,\" the occupant of the White House pointed out. However, he added that if Iran or other countries interfere with the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, he will immediately reconsider that decision.\n\nThe head of the White House reiterated that both in his first term and in the current one he has improved his country's Armed Forces, while Iran has no capacity to <strong>\"defend anything we want to attack\"<\/strong>. \"Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, nor will it have the capacity to threaten the United States of America, the Middle East or, in fact, the world,\" he emphasized.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aggression against Iran<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/esrt.space\/actualidad\/589438-israel-lanzar-ataque-teheran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/esrt.space\/actualidad\/589465-trump-confirma-agresion-eeuu-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USA<\/a>\u00a0launched a joint aggression against Iran on the morning of Saturday, February 28, with the stated objective of\u00a0<strong>\"eliminating the threats\"<\/strong>\u00a0of the Islamic Republic.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bombings caused the death of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/442388-fallece-lider-supremo-iran-ali-jamenei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ayatollah<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Ali Khamenei<\/strong>\u00a0and several high-ranking military officials.\u00a0<strong>Mojtaba Khamenei<\/strong>, son of the deceased Iranian supreme leader, was elected as his successor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In response to the offensive, Tehran\u00a0has launched numerous waves of ballistic missiles and drones against\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/591893-iran-anunciar-ataques-refineria-petroleo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel<\/a>\u00a0and against US bases in Middle Eastern countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated that the US Army has carried out &#8220;one of the most devastating bombings in the history of the Middle East&#8221;. &#8220;Moments ago, under my orders, the United States Central Command carried out one of the most devastating bombings in the history of the Middle East and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[15241,15141,15091,40230],"class_list":{"0":"post-502140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-international","7":"tag-iran","8":"tag-israel","9":"tag-trump","10":"tag-united-states"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}