Tehran Turns to Rail and Mountain Passes as U.S. Naval Blockade Chokes Oil Exports
“Iran is desperately grasping for a solution to the blockade which it cannot break and is starving its economy, it has reportedly attempted to redirect 40 percent of its exports with oil being transported by Rail to China and food coming in through the caucus mountains-WSJ”
The claim that Iran is attempting to bypass a U.S. naval blockade by shipping oil to China via rail and importing food through mountain passes is mixed. While credible reports from the Wall Street Journal and industry outlets confirm that Iran is indeed attempting to use rail corridors to China for oil, the specific figure of "40 percent of its exports" being redirected is...