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Iran's Attempts to Get Around U.S. Blockade Are Hitting a Wall
(Wall Street Journal) Benoit Faucon - Iran vowed to respond to a U.S. blockade by pushing more trade overland. On the ground, it isn't going according to plan. Hundreds of Iranian truck drivers are currently stuck at Iran's border with Pakistan. They say they are facing worsening bureaucratic hurdles and costs, many caused by their own government. The same thing is happening at Iran's land borders with Turkey, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. The U.S. blockade has also hurt Iran's imports of basic goods, 70% of which normally go through the blockaded ports. Though humanitarian goods and food are ostensibly exempt, the reality is that shippers are reluctant to service Iran.