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Posted on 08/17/2026 5:16:26 PM PDT by Libloather
Iran’s oil exports have dropped to nearly zero under the renewed US naval blockade, according to analysis from a former senior US Treasury official — who predicts that the economic impacts could hit the elite and destabilize the regime within two to three months.
Iran’s ability to ship oil out of the Strait of Hormuz to offset its current economic woes has hit a wall under the new blockade, with little to no activity seen at its Kharg Island hub, according to recent satellite images.
As Iran and the US attempt to use economic pressures to see who will blink first, Miad Maleki, who served in the Treasury under President Trump and Joe Biden, said Tehran’s regime will finally run out of room to maneuver this fall.
“The blockade has exposed Iran’s biggest economic vulnerability,” said Maleki, who now works at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank.
“Iran’s oil clock is running down and the real fiscal shock is going to hit in the fall when all their payments come due,” he added.
Iran notably pays its troops, government employees, security forces and industrial workers in cycles, with about 60% of the money coming from its oil exports, Maleki said.
If its exports continue to be hamstrung in the next cycle, the regime will have few options to shield its soldiers and elites from the economic shock.
While the regime has proven that it can endure economic pains suffered by everyday citizens, its attitude will likely change once members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the wealthy elite start complaining, Maleki said.
Trump, who has previously boasted that Iran has no money to pay its troops, signaled that he would maintain full economic pressures on Iran.
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Iran would be a LOT worse off had we not reopened the straight for them for a number of weeks. How many fully loaded tankers left Iranian ports and how many empty tankers (for use as auxiliary fuel storage if nothing else) arrived .. don’t know but it provided some temporary relief.
Well, Iran had their chance so let’s NOT give them another one.
Trump threats didn’t work.
Bombs didn’t work.
MOU didn’t work.
Deals didn’t work.
Multiple claims of winning didn’t work.
Pissing off allies didn’t work.
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Finally Trump has latched onto something that just might work. I hope.
Two or 3 months. What happens at that time?
I’m not sure how much longer I can stand to hear the words “Iran” and “Finally” in the same headline.
India and China are thrilled about this. They are buying Iranian oil for their Jamnagar refinery on the cheap.
Absolutely correct - Iran only had 13 days of capacity storage left before they had to shutdown their rigs. They used the truce to empty all their storage and gained another 60 days of storage.
Iran is going to start attacking again right before the midterms, to force Trumps hand. They know that high gas prices are bad news for Trump in the midterms and they want to see Trump lose
One might recall how during the Vietnam War, North Vietnam used periodic ceasefires to replenish their stocks of war materiel. In the words of Yogi Berra, it's beginning to look like "déjà vu all over again."
Must not be months away from the nukes, a Big Man. ❓
Experts say...
D+60
Trump lost the midterms the day he got suckered into Iran.
Must not be months away from the nukes, a Big Man❓
But you sure bailed out the yen call under 24hrs. on the United States Bond debt. Real man there.
Walking Small. Cave in man child 30+ Trillion Big Un-Big Government Signed Bill.
And 4 months? Think Christmastime-1972. Nixon reelected and Hanoi found out.
I know you dream about it at night. You libertarians are USELESS against the left.
Hindsight is 20-20, as is said, but yeah, the blockade & shutdown of I-ran revenue sources should have been ironclad and constant from February onward.
The bombings have been quite effective but Trump is dealing with a religious fanatic mullah regime, not any sort of sensible ruling leaders who would normally have surrendered by now.
I know one guy who is going to be *very* upset & disappointed when the Dems don’t win the House & Senate. boohoo, no impeachments for you.
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