CIA Leak: Iran Can Survive Blockade Another 3 to 4 Months, Maybe Longer
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Source: Zero Hedge
Published: 2026-05-09 01:40 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Transport, Middle East, Military & Defence, Iran, Energy, US Politics, War & Conflict
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Belying the Trump administration's claims that a US blockade on Iran's use of the Strait of Hormuz has the country on the ropes and its oil infrastructure in near-term peril, a confidential CIA analysis says Iran can persevere another three or four months, if not longer. In a second stark contradiction of White House narratives, US intelligence assesses that the bulk of Iran's pre-war missile inventory is still intact.
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