TankerTrackers.com, a ship-tracking and oil monitoring organization, stated that U.S. sanctions on Iranian ports will not force Tehran to halt oil production. In a post on social media platform X, the group dismissed claims that Iran’s oil storage would soon reach capacity, compelling the country to stop production.

According to TankerTrackers, Iran has the capacity to refine all of its produced oil for domestic consumption. The organization noted that during the first term of the Trump administration, Iran reduced its oil production to below two million barrels per day, an amount it could fully process to meet internal demand.

The statement, cited by Al Jazeera, challenges prevailing assumptions that sanctions would quickly cripple Iran’s oil sector, suggesting instead that the country’s refining infrastructure provides a buffer against export restrictions.