"As its tankers keep plying the strait (see chart 1), Iran is now earning nearly twice as much from oil sales each day as it did before American and Israeli bombs started falling on February 28th. It may be pummelled on the battlefield, but the regime is winning the energy war.

Working out how many barrels the world’s greatest sanctions-dodger exports is hard. Its tankers are more furtive than ever, commercial providers of satellite imagery have paused their updates for the region and electronic scrambling has thrown a fog across the Gulf. But a source with knowledge of Iran’s oil accounting, who spoke to The Economist on condition of anonymity, confirms the country is currently exporting 2.4m-2.8m barrels of oil and petroleum products per day (b/d), including 1.5m-1.8m b/d of crude. That is the same, if not more, than it did on average last year. It also sells at much higher prices.

Moreover, Iran’s oil machine has adapted in ways that make it more resilient to strikes and sanctions. Most of the proceeds are now going to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the regime’s elite fighting force. And China is playing an active role in allowing the money to flow. Iran’s war chest is buried deep in Asia, safe from Israeli ordnance.

Iran’s oil business rests on three pillars: salesmen, shipping and shadow banks."

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/29/how-iran-is-making-a-mint-from-donald-trumps-war

#Iran #USA #Trump #Oil #China #IRGC #Hormuz #HormuzStrait

I've seen this #WaPo sourced photo on several different media platforms, from a significant number of sources

Has anyone bothered to stop and question what it shows?

We are presented with an amphibious landing from landing craft pulled up on sandy beaches, disgorging APCs and Humvees and troops, with BlackHawk tiltrotors artfully placed in the background providing cover

Does the WaPo seriously think #Hegseth is going to navigate landing craft through the #HormuzStrait and up the #PersianGulf to #KhargIsland where they'll simply land and waltz ashore?

This is a complete and utter misrepresentation by the WaPo that borders on criminal, if not treason

This is what the US public is being sold?

I've seen this #WaPo sourced photo on several different media platforms, from a significant number of sources

Has anyone bothered to stop and question what it shows?

We are presented with an amphibious landing from landing craft pulled up on sandy beaches, disgorging APCs and Humvees and troops, with BlackHawk tiltrotors artfully placed in the background providing cover

Does the WaPo seriously think #Hegseth is going to navigate landing craft through the #HormuzStrait and up the #PersianGulf to #KhargIsland where they'll simply land and waltz ashore?

This is a complete and utter misrepresentation by the WaPo that borders on criminal, if not treason

This is what the US public is being sold?

Agenzia Nova: Business news: blocco Hormuz, Giappone sospende restrizioni alle centrali a carbone per far fronte alla crisi energetica

28 mar 22:00 - (Agenzia Nova) - Il governo del Giappone sospendera' temporaneamente le restrizioni operative alle centrali elettriche a carbone... (Git)

Business news: Hormuz Strait blockade, Japan suspends restrictions on coal plants to address the energy crisis

28 mar 22:00 - (Agenzia Nova) - The Japanese government will temporarily suspend operational restrictions on coal-fired power plants...

#HormuzStrait #Japan #AgenziaNova #Japanese

https://www.agenzianova.com/a/69c847266a4da5.17086821/7208581/2026-03-28/business-news-blocco-hormuz-giappone-sospende-restrizioni-alle-centrali-a-carbone-per-far-fronte-alla-crisi-energetica