US running short of heavy crude oil. Iran holds US over a barrel.
Thu 9:45 pm +00:00, 7 May 2026Iran has Donald Trump over a barrel and according to Alexander Mercouris of The Duran, all Tehran has to do is wait. With Saudi Arabia blocking US military operations, Gulf states abandoning further escalation, and American oil reserves being rapidly drawn down to suppress prices, Mercouris delivers a detailed analysis of why a major global …












