You can choose to accept a win backed by data or an emotional defeat devoid of facts. The choice is yours.

Let’s judge Iran by its results.   James Rosone & Miranda Watson

Tehran tried to hold the world’s oil supply hostage. 

• Before the war, non-Iranian Gulf crude exports averaged 16.5 million barrels a day. 
• In March, that fell to about 6 million. 
• By September 1–28, exports had recovered to at least 16.5 million... 
• Forty percent now bypasses Hormuz, compared with 17 percent before the war...

Meanwhile, the American blockade stopped fresh Iranian crude cargoes from reaching China through Hormuz...

Tehran’s own exports remain under blockade...