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Qalibaf declares victory on sanctions after 40 million barrels exported, weaponises Hormuz against US

Tehran's parliament speaker claims 40 million barrels shipped at a 20% premium since sanctions began loosening, and recasts the Strait of Hormuz as a toll road the West cannot refuse.

Adrian Kowalczyk · Monexus Geopolitics desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·30 Jun 2026

A large billboard featuring a portrait of a turbaned, bearded man with glasses beside an Iranian flag is mounted on a wall along a tree-lined city street. @The_Jerusalem_Post · Telegram

Sources

Tasnim News English, Telegram channel, https://t.me/tasnimnews_en
Tasnim Plus, Telegram channel, https://t.me/tasnimplus
Fars News Agency, Telegram channel, https://t.me/farsna
@sprinterpress, X post on European Hormuz-fee discussions (2 July 2026), https://x.com/sprinterpress
Press TV, Telegram channel, statement by Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei (2 July 2026), https://t.me/presstv
DD Geopolitics, Telegram channel, on US–Russia positioning in ASEAN infrastructure (2 July 2026), https://t.me/DDGeopolitics

Desk note: Monexus's MENA desk treats claims sourced solely to Iranian state and IRGC-linked outlets, Tasnim, Fars, Tasnim Plus, as primary-source material that must be flagged as such. The 40-million-barrel export figure and the 20 percent premium are reported here as Qalibaf's claims, not as independently established facts. Western wire confirmation of price, volume, and the precise terms of the lifting of the maritime measures had not appeared in the source set at the time of writing.