Following US airstrikes on Iran's critical Kharg Island oil terminal, US President Donald Trump declared the destruction of military targets and claimed Iran is seeking a deal to end the three-week war. Meanwhile, Iranian state media reported that oil infrastructure remains undamaged, while the IRGC threatened to reduce regional energy facilities to ashes.
United States forces have conducted airstrikes targeting Kharg Island, the critical oil terminal responsible for approximately 90 percent of Iran's oil exports. Following the strikes, US President Donald Trump published images of the attack and declared that American forces had destroyed all military targets on the island, according to Saudi-backed outlet Alarabiya_far.
The strikes are the latest escalation in a massive three-week military campaign by the US and Israel that has heavily targeted Iranian air defense, naval, and IRGC facilities. In a message posted to his Truth Social platform on Saturday, Trump asserted that the war had crippled the Iranian government. He claimed that Iran is "completely defeated and wants to sign a deal" to end the conflict, but firmly stated he would not agree to such terms, Alarabiya_far reported. Trump also criticized the "fake news media" for allegedly ignoring the significant successes the US military has achieved against Iran's infrastructure, drones, and naval fleet.
Inside Iran, state-aligned media sought to project resilience and minimize the economic impact of the strikes. Monitoring by the independent news aggregator Vahid Online highlighted reports from IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency, which cited "field sources" confirming that "the sound of more than 15 explosions was heard on the island." However, Fars claimed the enemy unsuccessfully attempted to damage the army's air defense, the Joshan naval base, the airport control tower, and an offshore helicopter hangar, insisting that "none of the oil infrastructure was damaged in these attacks."
Similarly, state-affiliated Mehr News Agency emphasized that all oil industry workers on Kharg Island are in perfect health and sustained no injuries, according to Vahid Online.
In response to the Kharg Island strikes, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued fierce retaliatory threats. The IRGC's Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters released a statement early Saturday warning that if the Islamic Republic's "oil, economic, and energy infrastructure" is attacked, they will turn the oil and economic infrastructure of regional countries to "ashes." This threat aligns with recent warnings from IRGC officials to ignite Middle Eastern energy infrastructure, a situation already exacerbated by global oil prices surging past $120 a barrel and the ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Both source channels provide contrasting but complementary angles on the same event. Alarabiya_far focuses entirely on the US perspective and Trump's aggressive messaging, while Vahid Online acts as a monitor of domestic Iranian state media's damage-control efforts and IRGC threats. The tone of the IRGC threats ('ashes') and Trump's social media posts ('fake news media', 'completely defeated') have been preserved exactly as reported in the Farsi sources.