Trump says US will hit Iran 'very hard,' threatens to take 'total control' of its oil industry

The post come after the US and Iran traded strikes for a second day, pushing the Middle East closer to the resumption of a full-scale war

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Dubai, Updated At : 07:01 PM Jun 11, 2026 IST

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President Donald Trump on Thursday said the US would hit Iran "VERY HARD TONIGHT," threatening in a social media post to "assume total control" of Iran's oil and gas industries, including the key Kharg Island, in the "not too distant future."

The post come after the US and Iran traded strikes for a second day, pushing the Middle East closer to the resumption of a full-scale war. The American attack, which lasted into Thursday morning in Iran, appeared more intense and wider than the day before.

Iran released little information on the extent of the damage and said it fired back at Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, as it had a day before.

The US military continued to enforce its blockade of Iranian ports, saying Thursday it fired missiles to disable a tanker attempting to transport Iranian oil.

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