Beyond Trump's Threats: Behind the Scenes of the Oil and Control Battle

Dr. Foad Izadi

Trump, today: In the not-too-distant future, we will seize Kharg Island and other oil infrastructure points, and we will impose full control over their oil and gas markets, just as we did with Venezuela.

Trump, yesterday: We got billions and billions of dollars from Venezuela's oil. We paid the costs of that war over and over again.

America's goal is to seize Iran's oil and impose US-Israeli hegemony in the region.

This is a point that the pro-Western current (both fundamentalist and reformist) insists on not understanding.

The Conclusion:

1. Please publish a list of water desalination plants and oil facilities targeted by Iran in the region. In the event of any new attack on Iran, these facilities must be destroyed in a way that requires at least two years to rebuild.

Limited destruction does not create the required deterrence; Trump views the limited destruction of these facilities as a "reconstruction project" for American companies. Comprehensive, large-scale destruction, however, will keep global oil and gas prices high for at least two years, which will achieve the necessary deterrence.

2. Please do not reopen the #Strait_of_Hormuz for at least another two months.

3. Please do not forget to impose transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz. According to international estimates, the revenues collected from Strait of Hormuz fees could exceed twice the revenues of oil sales. This is part of the solution to the country's economic crises, rather than remaining in the illusion of lifting sanctions.

4. Reopening the Strait of Hormuz means lowering gasoline prices in America, which means solving Trump's electoral crisis, and consequently reducing the cost of attacking Iran.

5. This means repeating the cycle of: (attack, ceasefire, negotiations, then attack again); which is exactly what has been experienced and lived through to this day.