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But the evidence just doesn’t support that. USF have been clearing the Strait and are successfully getting oil through while degrading the IRGC’s weapons and cutting off its resources.”
• Institute for National Security Studies Iran and Shiite Axis Program Director Raz Zimmt : “Significant statements from Tehran today point to a growing recognition among the Iranian leadership of the severity of the economic situation and the erosion of Iran’s ability to use the Strait of Hormuz as leverage in light of U.S. military gains in opening a corridor through the strait.”
• Former Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates : “By far Trump’s most devastating tool was the imposition of the U.S. blockade on Iranian exports through the Strait of Hormuz last April. Iran is now losing an additional $13 billion a month and is also cut off from critical imports. … The sanctions Bessent announced Monday are going to accelerate economic decline into a collapse.”
• Analyst Adolfo Franco : “Six months into the conflict between the United States and Iran, the situation is not the humiliating quagmire that critics of the Trump administration insist upon. Instead, President Trump has charted a new and far more patient strategy that is making steady progress towards his objectives. The quick victory that some initially envisioned by destroying the regime’s military power has given way to a slow and consistent tightening of the noose aimed at denying the Iranian regime the economic oxygen it needs to survive. Although the conflict is far from over, the evidence is that this new focus is working and will continue. The reflexive opposition of critics at home and abroad has not dissuaded the Trump administration. Instead, what we are witnessing is a grinding contest of attrition in which the
pressure is compounding over time, steadily narrowing the Iranian regime’s resources and options.”
• Qatar University Director of the Gulf Studies Center Dr. Mahjoob Zweiri : “Economic pressure is testing Iran where it is weakest and sharpening divisions within its leadership.”
• FDD CEO Mark Dubowitz : “Those of us who stood firmly against the regime in Iran did so because we had supreme confidence in leadership—and in the extraordinary courage, skill, and professionalism of the remarkable men and women of the U.S. military. That confidence has been more than justified. Profound gratitude to everyone who is making it possible.”
• FDD Senior Advisor Richard Goldberg : “The blockade is working. Project Freedom is still going. We are getting 5mpbd out even with IRGC threats. Alternatives are accelerating. IRGC knows its financial sector is a house of cards.”
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