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Iranian governmentmullah regime is pledging to stand firm against US sanctions and what it calls US-Israeli “conspiracies”. - Not a conspiracy: Iran is running out of gasoline
‘Goods Are Not Coming In’: Tehran Braces for Unrest as Trump Intensifies Economic Offensive
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian acknowledged Friday that the U.S. blockade has slashed Iran’s trade and left critical imports — including gasoline — unable to enter the country, as the Trump administration intensifies an economic offensive aimed at isolating a regime already confronting mounting hardship and the threat of renewed unrest.
Pezeshkian said Iranian imports and exports have fallen between 25 and 35 percent under U.S. sanctions and the blockade, with his government now considering doubling the price of gasoline purchased beyond subsidized quotas as supplies tighten.
“The route is now blocked, and goods are not coming in,” he conceded during a televised interview Friday night. “One of those goods is gasoline.”
Iran feels the pinch, but bitches:
- Iran’s government says it will stand firm against US sanctions, and rely equally on diplomacy and defence to protect its interests.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran (IRGC) claims that it maintains firm control over the Strait of Hormuz, accusing US leaders of spreading false statements regarding the passage to sway energy prices.
- The White House has told Al Jazeera that the US naval blockade remains fully active, reiterating that the strait is open and cleared of mines while Washington holds no talks with Iran.
Iran’s president says sanctions have cut the country’s trade by up to 35% Pezeshkian told a Government Week interview that exports and imports have fallen 25 to 35 percent under the American sanctions and blockade, and that prices will keep climbing because importers face steeper transport costs.
He said Iran sold roughly 90 million barrels of oil during the June memorandum with Washington, and that Tehran will not honor its commitments if the U.S. and Israel do not honor theirs, naming the banking sanctions and petrochemical embargo that were supposed to lift.
He also demanded Washington force Israel to halt its campaign in Lebanon. Notice what he chose to talk about next: energy conservation, and the claim that a 10 percent savings equals 900,000 barrels a day. A president reduced to selling efficiency at home is a president without much else to offer, which is the clearest confirmation yet that the pressure could actually be landing. What it has not produced is a change in Iran’s terms.
Source: Al Jazeera / Writer: Daniel
Iran’s Basij paramilitary force calls for national unity
The Basij volunteer paramilitary force is praising government efforts to counter what it described as plots by Iran’s enemies and urged it to continue pursuing what the organisation characterised as a measured approach.
No need to wish them good luck with their efforts. The Iranians will hang them from lamp posts soon enough.