[00:00] There's been a lot of talk that Iran is going to keep this war going. And this could be U.S. propaganda. But I think it's interesting that the Wall Street Journal is now reporting about severe blockade issues that Iran is facing.
[00:13] And I deem this to be believable. Of course, I'm also aware that U.S. propaganda is also real. But I've seen the Wall Street Journal criticize issues with the Trump administration a lot,
[00:25] where I don't really think they're just purely bending the knee here to the Trump administration. But I think this is very interesting. Iran vowed to respond to the U.S. blockades by pushing more trade over land. However, on the ground, this is not going according to plan. Iranian truck
[00:40] drivers are currently stuck at the Iranian border with Pakistan, unable to get their goods across the border because of bureaucratic hurdles and costs. Tons of stranded fruits like apricots have spoiled because of the delays. Cement and bottled gas is stuck at entry points going into
[00:57] Pakistan or out of Pakistan and Afghanistan borders. You've got the Navy helping get oil through the Strait of Hormuz. These are the night operations we're well aware of. We have not in the
[01:10] last about week now heard about new attacks on tankers from either side, right? We haven't heard Iran trying to lay new mines. We haven't heard Iran strike tankers. And we haven't heard of the
[01:22] US in their tanker for tanker strategy counterattacking Iran, suggesting some of this peak pain could be behind us, partly because the blockade is probably exerting its toll on Iran.