And the regime relies on these tankers 247 moving their currency, which is oil, and then turning that into cash for them to keep their government propped up. If you shut this down, [Iran] is a country that in essence can go bankrupt in a very short window of time. Well, and let's back up a little bit of history on this. So at the beginning of the Trump administration, Iran was selling roughly 1 million barrels a day of oil. (16:26–16:34)
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Asserts that stopping Iran's oil tanker operations could lead to its economic collapse.
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