US Ambassador: Troops, Oil Strikes Possible in Iran

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz stated on Sunday that the Trump administration has not ruled out deploying ground troops to Iran or targeting the country's oil infrastructure, even as officials described the ongoing conflict as a dominant military victory just two weeks after it began.

The war erupted at the end of February when U.S. forces launched strikes against Iranian military targets, including sites on Kharg Island used to project attacks into the Persian Gulf. Waltz, appearing on multiple news programs, emphasized that President Donald Trump would maintain flexibility in military options to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. "President Trump is not going to take any options off the table," Waltz said, noting that initial strikes on Kharg Island focused solely on military assets, such as facilities for fast boats and drones. He added that U.S. special operations forces are equipped to seize weapons of mass destruction from rogue nations if necessary, though any troop involvement would be limited and targeted, avoiding large-scale occupations like the 2003 Iraq invasion. "There are not going to be hundreds of thousands of troops...