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Keep the Blockade of Iran in Place

The government of Iran is likely to experience real regime change, and to surrender unconditionally in two to four months.

Steven Calabresi | 6.7.2026 5:02 PM

New Iranian attacks in the Persian Gulf are being easily and successfully countered by U.S. Armed Forces. Those attacks should not obscure the fact that President Trump is pursuing a brilliant foreign policy with respect to Iran that he should absolutely stick to.

President Trump is succeeding where Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden all failed. The blockade of Iran will likely produce real regime change if it is left in place for another six to eight weeks, and the new Government of Iran will surrender its nuclear stockpile and will reopen the Strait of Hormuz unconditionally.

Iran is losing $500 million a day and 90% of its trade passing through the straight of Hormuz as a result of the........

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