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🚨🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iranian officials are ramping up tanker attacks to keep oil high through the midterms: "This is a game of chess"
Two senior Iranian officials say the new strategy started about 10 days ago, was approved at the very top, and changes both the kind of attacks and how often they come, with strikes now reaching the Gulf of Oman and the waters off Qatar and the UAE.
One of them put the goal plainly:
"Just when they think they are getting close to the point where prices will fall, we will push them away from it."
The data backs it up, with at least 5 ships hit around Hormuz in the past 48 hours, the highest pace since the war began.
A US official says Iran lost its radars and now uses unarmed spotters on dhows, one of which the Navy sank last week, and that it can't stop the export ramp-up without risking its last fast boats.
So Iran's weapon is pace and reach, and the Americans' is the blockade and escorts, with both leaders counting to Nov. 3.
Trump promised no strike before then, which hands Tehran three weeks to run up the price with no risk, and the officials say "complete closure" is next.
Source: Reuters / Writer: Daniel
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Kenneth @SherriHuffen ·
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@MarioNawfal Using gas prices as a bargaining chip in this live-streamed conflict—in the end, it’s the ordinary people who end up footing the bill. A rise in gas prices could lead to increases in transportation costs, the price of jewelry boxes, and the cost of living.
