“That’s a bigger aperture. So, that’s a little harder to execute. That may take a little bit longer as well, but we know the regime is somewhat dependent upon money made from the movement of oil, and they may be hard pressed to try their toll booth stunt in the face of firepower,” said Steven Wills, an analyst at the Center for Maritime Strategy and 20-year Navy veteran.
Wills said focusing on ships directly loading from or headed to Iranian ports would be more straightforward than a broader effort targeting vessels that may have paid transit tolls.
Center for Maritime Strategy
Dr. Steven Wills | Quoted by Nathan Lee, Steve Beynon, and Luis Martinez
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“That’s a bigger aperture. So, that’s a little harder to execute. That may take a little bit longer as well, but we know the regime is somewhat dependent upon money made from the movement of oil, and they may be hard pressed to try their toll booth stunt in the face of firepower,” said Steven Wills, an analyst at the Center for Maritime Strategy and 20-year Navy veteran.
Wills said focusing on ships directly loading from or headed to Iranian ports would be more straightforward than a broader effort targeting vessels that may have paid transit tolls.
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Dr. Steven Wills, Navalist