The blockade is filling Kharg Island storage and could force Iranian output cuts costing about 170 million dollars a day.
Open Claimed by Government of the United States on 28 April 2026.
The statement
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said US measures against Iran's shadow banking, crypto access and oil networks had cut its revenues and that the blockade was pushing storage at Kharg Island near capacity, which could force production cuts costing Iran about 170 million dollars a day.
- Origin of the claim Al Jazeera
Verdict history
| When | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 18:00 UTC | 2026-11-03 | 2027-01-28 | Checked in the one-time pass of 30 Oct 2026: still open. The record holds no independent data on Kharg Island storage levels or Iranian output in late April 2026. Next check on the ladder from 2026-04-28 (7 days, 30 days, then quarterly). |
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The War Record, claim cl-20261027-v7fc, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/claims/cl-20261027-v7fc/