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restrictions imposed by the US.
Futile blockade
Iran’s ability to bypass the US naval blockade shows that American maritime sanctions have failed to fully choke off the country’s sea trade. By building a complex maritime transport network, Tehran has managed to neutralize a ...
restrictions. That has sparked widespread concern across Central Asia and severely disrupted export and import flows. Uzbekistan, for example, has seen much of its exports through Dubai’s Jebel Ali port practically grind to a halt. On top of that, about 60 percent of Uzbekistan’s exports ...
restrictions still in place at the Strait. From Iran's perspective, that is entirely consistent with the MoU, and reopening the strait does not mean ceding its supervisory and security role in the waterway.
New legal mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz
This clash of views is highlighted when we ...
restrictions, further underscoring Tehran's primacy in meeting Iraqi energy needs.
Though Washington has pressed Baghdad to seek alternatives, technical and economic realities suggest no short-term option can fully replace Iran's energy partnership. Alongside gas and electricity exports, Ir ...
restrictions could be a significant win for Tehran. Pipeline gas exports provide a steady revenue stream that, unlike oil shipments, doesn't depend directly on sea routes or tanker traffic. In that sense, Iran can secure at least part of its energy income outside the reach of a naval chokehold. ...
Trade Bank of Iraq, have taken on renewed importance. Iranian official reports have also confirmed negotiations to activate various channels and mechanisms approved by Tehran to utilize the resources parked in Iraq.
One of the most significant moves in the past year to settle Iran's claims was ...
Trade boost, a case beyond politics
During Ghalibaf's Baghdad visit, trade and economic ties served as the leading discussion cases. The neighbors' economic ties over the past years have been one of the key pillars of their ties, but banking problem, currency settlement, and other financial ...
restrictions, Tehran has built up sprawling networks to keep oil exports flowing, money moving, and indirect trade humming. A Middle East Institute analysis points out that Iran has grown increasingly sophisticated at deploying shadow banking, trade intermediaries, cargo reflagging, route switching, ...
Trade Ministry reaffirmed in March 2026 that exports, imports, transit trade, and free-zone operations with Israel remain halted, with bilateral direct trade now at zero.
That makes trade and economic channels one of the tools Ankara already wields as a lever against Israel.
And should tensi ...
Traders viewed the US effort to push away Iran’s trading partners as more of a sideshow than a game-changer for oil markets. That matters economically, if global oil markets had really expected new sanctions to dramatically slash Iranian exports, we would have seen a significant spike in price ...