• A confidential CIA analysis delivered to the State Department concludes that Iran can survive the US naval blockade for at least three to four months before facing serious economic hardship.
  • The CIA estimates that Iran still retains about 75% of its pre-war mobile launchers and 70% of its pre-war missiles, despite weeks of bombing.
  • Trump claims the opposite: that Iran’s missile program is ‘functionally destroyed’ and its economy is in collapse.
  • Iran is storing oil on tankers and reducing production to keep wells operational, and may smuggle oil via land routes.
  • Analysts warn that drones, not missiles, are key to controlling the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran can produce them in hidden facilities.
  • A US official believes Iran’s leadership has become more radical and confident it can outlast US political will.

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