U.S. President Donald Trump openly mused about seizing Iran’s Kharg Island oil terminal in the Persian Gulf and the United States and Israel kept up their attacks on the Islamic Republic, even as there were signs of progress in nascent ceasefire talks. Tehran, meanwhile, struck a key water and electrical plant in hard-hit Kuwait on Monday, part of its campaign targeting the Gulf Arab states. Iran is maintaining its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, but Trump said it had promised to allow 20 oil tankers through the key shipping passage as a gesture while mediators work on talks aimed at a ceasefire.
