Iranian MP Khezrian warns that any attack on Kharg Island will trigger a decisive response by Iran's armed forces at the source of the attack, adding that retaliation will not be limited to US bases, Defapress reports

Kharg Island handles the bulk of Iran's crude export capacity, so threats framed around it sit at the core of the recurring Hormuz and Gulf infrastructure risk premium rather than at the rhetorical periphery. Rhetoric of this kind from Iranian officials and parliamentarians has historically been common in periods of elevated tension, and the established pattern is for such warnings to widen in stated scope, here explicitly beyond US bases, without translating into action absent a triggering strike. The distinction that matters is between signalling aimed at deterrence and actual degradation of export flows: it is disruption to loadings, freight, and insurance rates that reprices crude, not the warning itself, and past episodes show the premium fading quickly when flows continue uninterrupted. The sourcing through a semi-official domestic outlet and an MP rather than the Supreme National Security Council or the IRGC chain of command places this in the lower tier of credibility within Iran's signalling hierarchy. What is worth watching is whether the language is echoed by senior command figures, any movement in tanker rates or war-risk premia in the Gulf, and whether the threat is tied to a specific anticipated action rather than general posturing.