Blockade
If the Blockade Against Iran Continues, Tehran Could Run Out of Accessible Oil Supplies for Delivery to China Within Two Months
Tehran Claims to Have Issued an Ultimatum and Suggests Washington Has Effectively Accepted Its Conditions for Negotiations
Iranian Authorities Continue to Project Defiance but the Economy Appears to Have Limited Remaining Resilience
Every Month, Iran Needs to Import Around $1.3 Billion of Essential Commodities
Faces Pressures from the Naval Blockade, Which Affects Its Imports of Essential Goods and Export of Oil
Either Trump Made Optimistic Assumptions or He Embarrassed Tehran by Claiming What Essentially Amounted to an Iranian Surrender
The Trump Administration’s Optimism About a ‘New Regime’ in Tehran Might Be a Rushed Judgment
U.S. Desperation to Stabilize the Global Economy and the Ceasefire Increased Iran’s Stockpile of Will
The Blockage Would Cut Roughly $280 Million a Day in Iran’s Export Revenues and Disrupt Another $160 Million in Imports