Looks like scorched earth.

"A small coral island in the Persian Gulf," - "Kharg Island handles the vast majority of Iran's crude oil exports and remains untouched despite an expanding military campaign targeting Iranian military and nuclear infrastructure." "Subsea pipelines connect the island to major oilfields in southern Iran. Long jetties stretch into deep water to allow supertankers to load crude, while large storage tanks and worker housing cover much of the island's southern area." ET. Two days back, Israel hit fuel depots in Tehran, releasing a cloud of toxic smoke "that unleashed black rainfall dozens of miles away," making it difficult for people to breathe and fires to burn for hours. Time. However, not even a madman would ever contemplate touching Kharg Island, which would immediately block oil suppliers from Iraq, Kuwait and even Saudi Arabia  (maps), resulting in such an upsurge in oil prices that the global economy, including that of the US, will collapse. India is particularly vulnerable. "India imports 50% of its dense energy, whether it is in the form of oil, gas, fertilizer," and "Every dollar per barrel is about 1.8 billion a year. If there is a $50 increase in oil prices, we are talking about $90 billion of impact," said Neelkanth Mishra. Already, "The Indian rupee slipped to its all-time low yesterday (92.3350 against the dollar)," despite intervention by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). ET. The weaker the rupee, the higher the cost of imported oil. In addition to selling dollars to support the rupee the RBI sought to buy government bonds worth Rs 1 trillion, despite a surplus of Rs 5 trillion in liquidity as of 27 February, to force government borrowing costs down. Traders weren't buying it. Yields on the benchmark 10-year bonds rose to 6.78% before closing at 6.72%. HT. Naturally, Indian stock markets fell. Yesterday, ""The BSE Sensex plunged more than 1,300 points and settled at 77, 566, while Nifty 50 slipped 422 points to touch 24,028. Investors lost over Rs 12 trillion in a day." NDTV. This government is directly responsible. Despite allocating Rs 58.76 billion to fill out strategic petroleum reserve (SPR), the government spent only Rs 10.39 billion, reduced imports of cheap Russian oil to please the US, increased taxes on petrol when oil prices were low and, while forcing 20% ethanol mix in petrol, did not pass on the lower costs to consumers. The Wire. Since 2015, the government has extorted over Rs 40 trillion from higher taxes on fuel. ppac.gove.in. Plunder citizens through higher taxes and then buy votes with cash handouts just before elections. Before the recent Bihar elections Prime Minister Narendra Modi transferred Rs 10,000 into bank accounts of 7.5 million women at a cost of Rs 75 billion. NDTV. The BJP-led Mahayuti won the 2026 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation election (wikipedia) with a scheme to distribute Rs 18,000 per year to every woman from 21 to 65 years of age (cleartax.in). This is expected to add Rs 360-460 billion, or over 5% of the state's total expenditure, to the state's budget. So a minister proposed chopping down teak plantations to raise Rs 120 billion to plug the shortfall, wrote Ajit Ranade. Naturally, the BJP's election spending is more than double of its closest rival. DH. A party led by a man totally obsessed with staying in power no matter what the cost to the nation. This seems to be scorched earth policy (wikipedia). Sadly, they'll not burn. Only we will.