US blockade cost Iran $25bn in oil revenue, says CENTCOM chief
Admiral Brad Cooper also stated that $350 million in Iranian cryptocurrency has been frozen.
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US blockade cost Iran $25bn in oil revenue, says CENTCOM chief
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What this story says
- The US naval blockade has cost Iran $25 billion in oil revenue, according to CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper.
- US authorities have frozen $350 million in Iranian cryptocurrency, Admiral Cooper also stated.
- The blockade continues to prevent Iran from exporting several billion dollars of crude oil.
- The IRGC is reportedly unable to pay its troops due to the financial pressure.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 7 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
70/100
Craft
42/100
Hype
30/100
7 sources · methodology
CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper has stated that the U.S. naval blockade has cost Iran $25 billion in oil revenue. He also reported that U.S. authorities have frozen $350 million in Iranian cryptocurrency. The blockade continues to prevent Iran from exporting several billion dollars of crude oil. Reports also indicate that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is unable to pay its troops due to the financial pressure.
Disagreement on IRGC payments
Breitbart's digest stated that the IRGC is unable to pay its troops. The other reports provided do not mention the IRGC's ability to pay its soldiers.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated digests mention the $350 million in Iranian cryptocurrency that U.S. authorities have frozen. No left-rated outlet ran this story.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 17 Oct 2026, 06:00, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
2 rated outlets
- The centre-rated report led on the claim that the naval blockade has cost Iran $25 billion in oil revenue, according to Centcom Commander Adm. Brad Cooper. It also mentioned that the U.S. Central Command commander said the blockade has cost Iran $25 billion in crude oil.
Right
4 rated outlets
- Right-rated reports led on the U.S. naval blockade imposing 'devastating costs' on Iran, with claims that it has denied the regime at least $25 billion in oil exports and left the IRGC unable to pay its troops. These reports also highlighted that U.S. forces prevent Iran from exporting at least $25 billion worth of crude oil, according to CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper. Several reports noted that U.S. authorities have frozen $350 million in Iranian cryptocurrency. One report stated that the U.S. Central Command claimed the naval blockade of Iran continues and that Washington has prevented several billion dollars in Iranian crude oil exports.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover US blockade cost Iran $25bn in oil revenue, says CENTCOM chief?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 67% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 7. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is US blockade cost Iran $25bn in oil revenue, says CENTCOM chief left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of US blockade cost Iran $25bn in oil revenue, says CENTCOM chief biased?
- US blockade cost Iran $25bn in oil revenue, says CENTCOM chief is one event reported by 7 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which outlets covered US blockade cost Iran $25bn in oil revenue, says CENTCOM chief?
- 7 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- How much oil revenue has the US blockade cost Iran?
- CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper stated that the U.S. naval blockade has cost Iran $25 billion in oil revenue. This blockade also continues to prevent Iran from exporting several billion dollars of crude oil.
- How much Iranian cryptocurrency has been frozen?
- U.S. authorities have frozen $350 million in Iranian cryptocurrency, according to CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper. This action is part of the U.S. pressure campaign against Iran.
- Has the blockade affected Iran's military funding?
- Reports indicate that the U.S. naval blockade and economic pressure campaign have impacted Iran's military funding. Breitbart's digest stated that the IRGC is unable to pay its troops due to the financial strain.
Read it at the source
7 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
2Right
4- US Says Iran Barred From Maritime Trade as Pressure Campaign Targets Oil Revenue, Military Funding (opens Anadolu Ajansı in a new tab)
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- “Devasive Costs”: CENTCOM Claims that the U.S. Naval Blockade Has Cost the Iranian Regime $25 Billion in Oil Revenues (opens voz.us in a new tab)
- CENTCOM: U.S. Blockade Inflicts ‘Devastating Costs’ on Iran, IRGC Unable to Pay Troops (opens Breitbart in a new tab)
- CENTCOM Commander's Claim About Iran's Naval Blockade (opens Mehr News Agency in a new tab)
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Not rated
1- US-Israel-Iran War Latest Live News: Is Iran Running Out Of Money To Sustain The War? US Claims $25 Billion Oil Revenue Hit, $350 Million Crypto Freeze And Unpaid IRGC Troops (opens The Sunday Guardian Live in a new tab)
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