{"id":19618,"date":"2026-03-30T06:49:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=19618"},"modified":"2026-03-30T06:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T06:49:07","slug":"trump-says-he-wants-to-take-irans-oil-cites-multiple-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/03\/30\/trump-says-he-wants-to-take-irans-oil-cites-multiple-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he wants to \u201ctake Iran\u2019s oil,\u201d cites multiple options"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: U.S. President Donald Trump has said he would prefer to \u201ctake Iran\u2019s oil\u201d as part of Washington\u2019s strategy toward Iran, according to an interview reported by NBC News.<br>Speaking to the Financial Times, Trump said he was interested in securing Iran\u2019s oil resources, adding that critics in the United States have questioned the idea.<br>\u201cMaybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don\u2019t. We have many options,\u201d he said, referring to Kharg Island, a key Iranian oil export terminal.<br>Trump did not provide details on how such a plan would be implemented, but suggested it could involve a temporary U.S. presence in the area.<br>The remarks come as U.S. military deployments to the Middle East continue and tensions with Iran remain high.<br>Iranian officials have previously dismissed Trump\u2019s statements, warning of strong retaliation if U.S. forces enter the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: U.S. President Donald Trump has said he would prefer to \u201ctake Iran\u2019s oil\u201d as part of Washington\u2019s strategy toward Iran, according to an interview reported by NBC News.Speaking to the Financial Times, Trump said he was interested in securing Iran\u2019s oil resources, adding that critics in the United States have questioned the idea.\u201cMaybe we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19620,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19618\/revisions\/19620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}