A Washington Post report claiming one CIA analysis gave Iran 4 months to withstand the blockade on its country. A senior intelligence official called those claims false. The unnamed official also claimed the blockade “is inflicting real, compounding damage, severing trade, crushing revenue, and aceleating systemic economic collapse.”
CIA report claims Iran can outlast US port blockade for 4 more months– www.news24.com
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Efforts to end the war between the US and Iran appeared to stall as the two sides traded fire in the Gulf on Friday, while a US intelligence analysis concluded Tehran could withstand a naval blockade for months.
A CIA assessment indicated that Iran would not suffer severe economic pressure from a US blockade of Iranian ports for about another four months, according to a US official familiar with the matter, suggesting that US leverage over Tehran remains limited as the two sides seek to end a conflict that has been unpopular with US voters.
The Washington Post first reported the assessment.
A senior intelligence official called the “claims” about the CIA analysis “false”, saying the blockade “is inflicting real, compounding damage – severing trade, crushing revenue, and accelerating systemic economic collapse”.
Recent days have seen the biggest flare-ups in fighting in and around the Strait of Hormuz since a ceasefire began a month ago, and the United Arab Emirates came under renewed attack on Friday.
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