According to a report by Al Jazeera, on Sunday May 3, 2026, the aggressive U.S. maritime blockade intended to bring Tehran to its knees is increasingly hurting the American economy and the President’s domestic standing, according to a leading foreign policy expert.
Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, warns that while the blockade is squeezing Iran, the White House may have significantly underestimated the boomerang effect on global energy markets and U.S. political stability.
In a recent assessment of the ongoing standoff, Parsi pointed out that the Iranian government is uniquely equipped to handle long-term economic isolation a factor the current administration appears to have overlooked in its quest for a maximum pressure victory.
“I think it has also already proven itself to be too expensive for the US side,” Parsi stated. “It is definitely imposing a cost on the Iranian side as well. But reality is Iran has been all under all kinds of economic pressures and sanctions for 47 years. None of them have managed to break the Iranians or force them to capitulate.”
Parsi noted that the Iranian regime has spent decades developing sophisticated methods to bypass international restrictions, and the current blockade is no exception.
“All of them the Iranians have managed to find ways around and they’re already finding ways to circumvent the blockade as well,” he added.
The most significant miscalculation, according to Parsi, is the impact of the blockade on the American consumer.
By restricting Iranian oil flow, the administration has inadvertently triggered a spike in global oil prices, which is now manifesting as a political liability for President Trump.
“The manner in which the blockade is pushing up oil prices, which is having a direct political impact on Trump at home, goes beyond what I think the the White House had anticipated,” Parsi observed…. See More
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