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Coverage timeline for “iranian island kharg us”

Tuesday, May 5, 2026
- Hormuz "Deserted" As Iran Expands Area Of Control; Hundreds Of Ships Cluster Near DubaiZeroHedge•4:50 PM
Friday, May 8, 2026
- Massive Oil Slick Spotted Off Iran's Kharg Island, Cause Unknown ZeroHedge•8:40 PM
Monday, May 11, 2026
- Very Wide Gap Between US & Iranian Positions As Tehran Blasts White House 'Unreasonable Demands'ZeroHedge•12:15 PM
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
- Iran Specifies 5 Demands To Restart Peace Talks With USZeroHedge•8:40 PM
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
- Bessent's "Suffocating" Iranian Regime Strategy Materializes In Kharg Island Satellite ImageryZeroHedge•12:10 PM
Friday, May 29, 2026
- Dollar Dominance Remains Alive And WellZeroHedge•5:00 PM
Sunday, May 31, 2026
- Trump Toughens Terms Of Iran Deal Framework, As Bessent Pinpoints Tehran's 'Big Mistake'ZeroHedge•7:10 PM
Thursday, June 11, 2026
- Trump says U.S. will seize Iran's Kharg Island and other 'oil infrastructure points' - CNBCGoogle News•12:26 PM
- Iran’s Kharg Island is key to its oil exports. Targeting it carries major risksAP•5:23 PM
Friday, June 12, 2026
- Futures Rally Amid Fresh Iran Peace Hopes, All Eyes On SpaceXZeroHedge•12:23 PM
Friday, June 19, 2026
- Read the transcript of Trump's interview with "The Axios Show"Axios•6:03 PM
Monday, June 22, 2026
- Stocks Drift As Chips Extend Gains, Oil Slides On Positive US-Iran TalksZeroHedge•12:26 PM
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
- Iran Oil Exports Through Hormuz Hit Wartime HighZeroHedge•1:20 AM
- "This May Be Iran's First Misstep - And Proof Leverage Isn't Total" ZeroHedge•2:25 PM
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
- Futures Slide, Oil Jumps After Trump Declares Iran Ceasefire OverZeroHedge•12:32 PM
- 63 Million Barrels Of Iranian Oil Stuck At Sea After US Pulls Iran Sanction WaiverZeroHedge•3:45 PM
Thursday, July 9, 2026
- The Choice To Go Up Or Down The Escalation Ladder Now Lies With IranZeroHedge•2:00 PM
Monday, July 13, 2026
- Futures Slide, Oil Surges As Iran War Returns, Chip Stocks Tumble As Korea, SK Hynix CrashZeroHedge•12:48 PM
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
- US & Iran Exchange Heavy Strikes For 5th Day As Trump Warns He'll Take Out Power Plants NextZeroHedge•1:00 PM
Thursday, July 16, 2026
- US attacks oil tanker in strait of Hormuz as strikes reported in TehranThe Guardian — World•2:40 AM
- US strikes expand to northern Iran as Tehran fires on Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan – Middle East crisis liveThe Guardian — World•7:15 AM
- First Thing: US attacks tanker in continuing Iran conflict as Tehran releases US citizenThe Guardian — World•10:23 AM
- US strikes first tanker with missiles as it enforces new blockadeBBC•12:09 PM
Friday, August 14, 2026
- Bessent: US Readies Economic Isolation Of Iran "Like The World Has Never Seen Before" ZeroHedge•1:00 PM
Sunday, August 16, 2026
- 'Delusional': Iran Fires Back At Trump's Make 'Hormuz Strait A Territory Of The US' AmbitionsZeroHedge•3:05 PM
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
- Rubio tells allies U.S. shifting from strikes to sanctions on IranAxios•9:29 PM
Monday, August 31, 2026
- Oil Tops $91, US Diesel Crack Near $100 As US-Iran Strikes Resume, Tehran Claims Supertanker Mined In HormuzZeroHedge•11:45 AM
- Stock Futures Drop To Close Out August As Oil Jumps On Renewed Iran HostilitiesZeroHedge•12:39 PM
- Trump vows response to Iran’s retaliatory strikes: ‘We’re going to hit them hard’ - The HillGoogle News•1:20 PM
- Trump Hides From Iran Failures on an Island of AI Slop - Rolling StoneGoogle News•6:08 PM
- U.S. Strikes May Have Targeted a New Type of Iranian Naval Mine - The New York TimesGoogle News•9:19 PM
Saturday, September 5, 2026
- Pentagon polygraphs dozens of US military staff over media leaks: Report - Al JazeeraGoogle News•8:41 AM
- Iran accuses the US of targeting a tanker near Kharg Island, and other key Mideast developments - AP NewsGoogle News•12:58 PM
- US military says three Iranian tankers struck in Gulf - cnn.comGoogle News•1:52 PM
- "Three For Two": CENTCOM Destroys Iranian Tankers Near Kharg Island After IRGC Targets US Warships ZeroHedge•2:44 PM
- US says it hit Iran oil tankers helping finance ‘regional proxies’Al Jazeera•2:49 PM
- US military hits 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying Navy warships were targeted - NPRGoogle News•3:05 PM
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
- He was hosting his daughter’s wedding. Then a deadly missile strike tore through his home in southern Iran. - NBC NewsGoogle News•10:15 AM
- US targets multiple Iranian tankers near Kharg Island - CNNGoogle News•8:45 PM
- U.S. strikes Iranian tankers after more attempted attacks on Navy warship - NBC NewsGoogle News•9:11 PM
- US strikes Iranian tankers after more attempted missile attacks on Navy warship - AP NewsGoogle News•9:13 PM
- US Targets Iranian Ships Near Kharg Island in Response to Attacks MondayHot Air•10:00 PM
- Breaking: US Responds to Failed Iran Strikes, Attacks Oil Tankers as Iran's Economy DeterioratesThe Western Journal•10:31 PM

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