Iran’s Oil Exports

Iran uses the money it gains from oil exports to fund repression at home and aggression abroad.

When maximum pressure was applied against Iran during President Donald Trump’s first term, Tehran exported an average 800,000 barrels of oil per day, with the average dropping as low as 300,000 per day some months.

In the last year of the Biden administration, exports reached a daily average of 1.8 million barrels per day.

The second Trump administration began with a promise to reduce Iran’s oil exports to 100,000 barrels per day.

If that effort is unsuccessful, Tehran will have the money it needs to rebuild and expand its nuclear program, missile arsenal, as well as aid its proxies in the region.