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Oil’s Well That Ends Well In The Persian Gulf (S01E138)
Thursday, August 27, 2026, Istanbul
An extraordinary series of images published by Tanker Trackers showed the ship-to-ship transfers being used by the US to get oil across the Strait of Hormuz despite an Iranian blockade of the waterway.
In the latest edition of badlands, energy analyst Nader Itayim joins me to sort through the lies and hype to figure out just how much oil is being moved out of the Persian Gulf and whether global energy supplies are dwindling.
In an interview with India’s NewsX World, I discuss the latest US efforts to impose Iran sanctions on other countries. Will they…
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