Tag Iran blockade

The Iran blockade is maximum pressure at sea: a naval cordon that keeps the regime’s oil in port and its money out of the hands of the IRGC. The articles under this tag follow the ships, the mines, the tanker tracking and the satellite evidence, and explain the geopolitics of a foreign policy that squeezes Tehran without a ground war. Readers will see how China, the Gulf states and Europe respond, and what each week of the blockade costs the regime.

Image accompanying the article on Trump extending the Iran ceasefire while the US blockade of Iranian ports holds and Pakistan mediates.

Trump Announces Extension of Iran Ceasefire

Trump Plays It Smart. Iran’s government is “seriously fractured” — Trump said it out loud. That’s a battlefield assessment, not a courtesy. When a regime can’t unify internally, it cannot negotiate effectively externally. The ceasefire extension isn’t mercy. It’s calculated…