Latest! Iran: Launching Large-Scale Strike! Major News from the United States!

The intensity of the Middle East conflict continues to escalate.

According to the latest reports, senior U.S. officials recently informed Israel and other countries that the U.S. “may have no choice” but to launch a ground military operation against Iran’s Halek Island. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that the U.S. military is accelerating the deployment of thousands of Marine Corps and naval personnel to the Middle East.

Meanwhile, Iran’s retaliatory offensive is ongoing. On the 23rd, the spokesperson for Iran’s Hatham Anbia Central Command announced that since the early hours of the 22nd, Iran has launched large-scale military strikes against targets inside Israel and U.S. military bases in the region.

U.S. considers ground action to seize Iran’s Halek Island

On March 23, Xinhua News Agency cited Israel’s Jerusalem Post, which reported that senior U.S. officials recently informed Israel and other countries that the U.S. “may have no choice” but to carry out a ground military operation against Iran’s Halek Island.

The report quoted two sources as saying that the U.S. is speeding up the deployment of thousands of Marine Corps and naval personnel to the Middle East. This deployment includes the amphibious assault ships USS Boxer and USS Portland, and the dock landing ship USS Anchorage, carrying about 4,500 Marines and other combat personnel.

On the 15th, President Trump threatened that the U.S. is ready to launch a new strike on Halek Island and may take further action against Iran’s oil infrastructure.

According to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency on the 21st, citing military sources, if the U.S. launches a “military invasion” of Halek Island, Iran will face an “unprecedented counterattack” since the Iran-Israel conflict began.

Halek Island is located in the northwest of the Persian Gulf, about 25 kilometers from the Iranian coast. It is approximately 6 kilometers long and 3 kilometers wide, and is Iran’s largest crude oil export base, with 90% of Iran’s oil exports passing through here.

On March 23, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement reaffirming that if Iran’s power grid is attacked, Iran will retaliate in kind, targeting Israeli power plants and those supplying electricity to U.S. military bases in the Middle East.

U.S. President Trump posted on social media on March 21 that if Iran does not “completely open” the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours to allow all ships to pass, the U.S. will target Iran’s power plants.

Iran: Using multiple advanced missiles

According to CCTV News, on the 23rd, the spokesperson for Iran’s Hatham Anbia Central Command issued a statement saying that since the early hours of the 22nd, Iran has launched large-scale military strikes against targets inside Israel and U.S. military bases in the region.

The report states that Iran used “Arash-2” drones and various advanced missiles including “Habar Shakan,” “Conqueror,” and “Khoramshahr-4.” Targets included Israeli aerospace facilities near Ben-Gurion Airport, military security centers in Tel Aviv and surrounding cities, as well as U.S. bases in Saudi Arabia and the Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

The spokesperson emphasized that due to Iran’s precise strikes and strategic deployment, the multi-layered defense network of Israel and the U.S. in West Asia has collapsed, weapon supply systems have been disrupted, and the overall battlefield is shifting in favor of Iran.

Iran warned that all U.S. and Israeli military personnel are under strict surveillance by Iranian intelligence, and any concealment will not evade attack.

Additionally, Xinhua News Agency reported that Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Efi Duvlin stated on the 23rd that military operations against Iran and Hezbollah are expected to continue for “several weeks.”

Duvlin made this statement at a press conference. He also admitted that although over 90% of Iranian missiles attacking Israel have been intercepted, Israel’s “protection measures are not foolproof.”

On the evening of the 21st, missiles struck the southern cities of Dimona and Arad. Local emergency services reported over a hundred injuries. Israeli media acknowledged that the military failed to intercept some Iranian missiles.

International Energy Agency warns

On March 23, IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol stated that the Middle East war has caused more than 40 energy facilities across nine countries to suffer “severe or very severe” damage. The recovery of oil fields, refineries, and pipelines will take a considerable amount of time. He warned that this impact is equivalent to the combined effects of two major oil crises in the 1970s and the natural gas crisis triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022.

Birol pointed out that the damage has far exceeded the oil and gas sectors—key trade channels for petrochemical products, fertilizers, sulfur, and helium have all been disrupted, which will have serious consequences for the global economy. Asia, heavily dependent on Middle Eastern oil imports, is at the forefront of this crisis.

In early March, the IEA announced a record release of 400 million barrels of emergency oil reserves and proposed demand-side management measures. However, Birol emphasized that the only real solution to the fuel supply problem is the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

He disclosed these details at an event at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia. He compared the current situation’s impact to three major energy crises in history: two in the 1970s and the European natural gas crisis following the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict, all overlapping.

He stated that in the face of near-shutdown of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, releasing strategic reserves can only alleviate short-term pressure, not provide a fundamental solution.

The crisis has gone beyond the energy sector itself. Birol pointed out that the disruption of trade in petrochemical products, fertilizers, sulfur, and helium—commodities deeply embedded in global agriculture, industry, and high-tech supply chains—will have profound effects on the global economy.