Estimates compiled by United Against Nuclear Iran, a US-based advocacy group, and oil analysts indicated that Tehran moved about 70 million barrels during the window between mid-June and mid-July.

"The nature of dealing with hostile and rogue regimes like Iran has been to find alternative mechanisms to create leverage that don’t always result in military conflict."

United Against Nuclear Iran CEO Mark Wallace discusses President Donald Trump's latest warning to Iran, concerns over the regime's nuclear program and what intelligence suggests about Tehran's hidden nuclear facilities.

“I think that a variation of the same strikes is not necessarily preserving the deterrent effect that the U.S. administration may hope against the Islamic Republic. It is definitely degrading the Iranian regime’s ability to threaten the Strait of Hormuz, but whether it’s deterring the Iranian regime remains to be seen, and right now, I think the evidence points to [the conclusion] that the Iranian regime hasn’t been deterred. So that’s the way I think the United States is still going to have to escalate its response against the Iranian regime . . .”