India, April 22 -- The President Donald Trump-led United States (US) administration is confident that blockade of Iranian ports will ultimately make Iran bend as the chokehold would fill the Kharg Island storage and shut the "fragile Iranian oil wells".

Kharg, a strategically vital Iranian coral island in the Persian Gulf, is considered to be the primary hub for nearly 90 per cent of Iran's oil exports, facilitating millions of barrels of crude shipments daily to international markets.

The US has been trying to have Iran come to a permanent ceasefire that would put a full stop to the fighting that erupted on February 28 and has shaken the entire Gulf and regions beyond. Track Iran war April 22 updates here

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