# Trump’s Hormuz squeeze has Iran strangled — now slam its back door, too

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trumps-hormuz-squeeze-has-iran-strangled-now-slam-its-back-door-too/
- Published: 2026-11-15T21:05:40+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T21:21:10+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/15/opinion/trumps-hormuz-squeeze-has-iran-strangled-slam-its-back-door-too/
- Topics: Americas, Middle East, World

## Key points

- Iran’s oil exports by sea have been halted, according to the article.
- Overland routes remain a channel for trade and military supplies.
- The author urges neighbours to help restrict those routes.

## Summary

President Donald Trump says the United States has secured the Strait of Hormuz and cut off Iran’s oil exports, but an opinion article argues that goods can still reach Iran overland. It urges Washington to restrict those land routes, saying they help the Iranian government obtain military supplies and prolong the conflict.

The article says Iran’s southern sea routes once carried up to 80% of its trade, while at least $2 billion in military supplies has arrived since January 2025, partly by truck from Central Asia. It cites an estimate that one cargo ship carries as much as 2,500 trucks and says a new US Central Command task force is targeting weapons, sanctioned goods and illicit cash crossing land borders and the Caspian Sea. The author proposes intelligence sharing and military cooperation with neighbouring countries, and making US support conditional on their enforcement efforts; Iraq has refused a request to close most crossings, while Pakistan has closed them intermittently.

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