The results might not be there, but the at-bats and the barrels are still there.
—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
Still, to understand just how effective this blockade has been, analysts point to the dwindling amounts of Iranian crude stored on tankers near the coast of Malaysia, where millions of barrels of crude are illicitly transferred between tankers every day.
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