CIA: Iran can withstand Trump blockade for months despite military losses

Iran's economy is reeling from war effects and blockade, with potential for severe civilian hardship if economic collapse accelerates, though the regime may sustain domestic repression to prevent internal resistance.

In the long contest between declared victory and stubborn reality, a classified CIA assessment has surfaced a quiet but consequential truth: Iran, despite months of bombardment and a naval blockade imposed after a collapsed ceasefire, retains the bulk of its missile arsenal and enough economic reserves to endure economic strangulation for three to four months. The gap between what American officials have said publicly and what intelligence analysts have concluded privately speaks to a recurring tension in modern statecraft — the distance between the story a government tells and the one its own

CIA: Iran can withstand Trump blockade for months despite military losses

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