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Yashasvi Vasistha

JD Vance says Donald Trump’s dramatic Kharg Island post was meant as a signal to Iran

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US President Donald Trump was sending a message to Iran with his social media post claiming that the country's key energy hub of Kharg Island was being "blown to smithereens", Vice President JD Vance said on Monday.

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Vance made the remarks after Trump posted a one-line message on Sunday accompanied by an AI-generated video clip.

A US official said on Monday that the American military had not targeted Kharg Island during overnight strikes, while an Iranian official dismissed Trump's post as "laughable".

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