Trump's blockade: Could it upend Iran's oil production if successful? | DW News

The US says its blockade on Iran's ports is working and that ships are not getting through the Strait of Hormuz. Admiral Brad Cooper, Head of US Central Command said the blockade "has been fully implemented." If so, what could a longterm blockade of Iranian's ports mean for Iran's oil production and oil refinery? How might it weaken its economy?

DW spoke to Miad Maleki, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a neoconservative think tank based in Washington, D.C..

Chapter Breakdown
0:00 US says it's ready to resume Iran strikes if Iran does not accept US terms
0:48 Pete Hegseth: Iran is "threatening to shoot missiles and drones at ships ... that is piracy. That's terrorism."
1:34 Miad Maleki, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, argues "economically [Trump's blockade] would choke off Iran's access to the world"
3:29 Miad Maleki on whether Iran can survive a blockade on its ports and subsequent diminished oil exports
5:47 Miad Maleki on consequences of Iranian armed forces not being paid
6:27 Trump administration's strategy to increase pressure on Iran
7:40 Dan Caine, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says US military will target vessels that belong to Iran's "dark fleet"
10:50 Ghost fleet tankers are sailing under other state flags, not under Russian or Chinese flags
11:23 Dan Caine on vessels providing "material support" - what does it mean?
12:41 Will US tactics succeed to push Iran to agree to US' terms?
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