Tehran Timeline: Iran Has 15 Days Until Its Oil Industry Begins Full Shut-Ins

One month ago, right around the time we were wondering why the US hasn't responded to the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz with its own blockade of Iranian tankers crossing the strait - something the US would eventually announce a few weeks later, precisely with the intention of causing the kind of "shut in" damage that Iran's Gulf neighbors were already suffering from...

If Iran is blocking and attacking US ships, why is the US allowing sanctioned Iranian tankers to cross the strait with Chinese oil?

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 12, 2026