US hits military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, Vance says no change to strategy

U.S. strikes on Iran's Kharg Island ​do not represent a change in American strategy, U.S. ‌Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday as a U.S. official separately told Reuters the additional strikes on military targets did not impact ​oil infrastructure.

The official, who spoke to Reuters on condition ​of anonymity, described at least some of the ⁠strikes as targeting sites that had been previously struck before ​and said the attack occurred in the early morning hours ​of Tuesday.

Vance, speaking separately in Budapest, said the strikes were not a change in U.S. strategy, with the Trump administration confident that it ​can get a response from Iran by 8 p.m. (0001 ​Wednesday GMT) in negotiations to end the conflict. U.S. President Donald Trump ‌is ⁠demanding Iran forswear nuclear weapons and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil transit waterway.

“We were going to strike some military targets on Kharg Island, and I believe we have done ​so," Vance ​said.

"We're not going ⁠to strike energy and infrastructure targets until the Iranians either make a proposal that we ​can get behind or don't make a proposal," ​he ⁠added. "I don't think the news in Kharg Island ... represents a change in strategy, or represents any change from the President of ⁠the ​United States.”