Iran counters Trump: We also hold key cards
Tehran, April 28 -- Iran's Parliament Speaker MB Ghalibaf on Monday said in a cryptic message that although US President Donald Trump claims he has all the cards, Iran, too holds quite a leverage.
Ghalibaf, through a mathematical equation, explained that Iran's supply equates demand by the US.
In a post on X, he said, "They brag about the cards. Let's see: Supply Cards= Demand Cards. SOH (partly played)+BEM(unplayed)+Pipelines(unplayed)= Inv Release (played)+Demand Destruction (partly played)+More Price Adj (to come)."
He added, "Add summer vacation to the right unless they want to cancel it for the US!"
Here, SOH refers to the Strait of Hormuz. BEM refers to Bab el-Mandeb.
Ghalibaf meant to say that Iran held the 'supply cards', that is, tools to disrupt global oil supply. Strait of Hormuz is partly threatened, while the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and pipelines remain unused.
Ghalibaf said that the US holds cards to respond to these disruptions. The US lets inventory release, and 'destroy' the demand of oil by letting prices rise.
In the end, he noted that the summer are peak season for oil demand. If the Strait of Hormuz remains closed even then, the gas prices in US will go off the roofs. This would happen right before mid terms, raising Trump's fears of a blue wave.
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