Mark Kimmitt: Iran’s economy runs on oil

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Iran’s struggling economy relies on oil exports, and a blockade in the Arabian Gulf could have devastating effects, says former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Retired Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt.   #Iran

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00:00Yeah and we've heard President Trump talking about a renewed quote maximum

00:04pressure campaign on Iran. I'm just wondering what you think he might have

00:08in mind apart from what we heard from the Iranian foreign minister who seems

00:12to suggest he might be planning an attack. Well first of all I think that it

00:15would be the position of President Trump that we're going to use every available

00:20tool before resorting to the military option. But let's just take one

00:24hypothetical. Right now Iran's economy is very much in a shambles. The only

00:30thing that's truly keeping it afloat is oil exports going to countries that

00:37provide it with hard currency. One can only imagine what would happen if there

00:42was a blockade inside the Arabian Gulf to prevent the Iranian oil from getting

00:47out and into the open market.

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