The possibility of the Kurdistan Region resuming oil exports through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline has fueled speculation about the Trump administration's pressure on Baghdad to compensate for the decline in Iranian oil exports, which seems unlikely given the OPEC+ quota.

The professor of political science and economics at Williams College said that as far as Iran is concerned, we should not be too happy about the change of approach by the new Trump administration and it seems that he not only intends to continue the previous sanctions but also to intensify them.

The decrease in Iran's oil exports from more than 2 million barrels to 1 million barrels per day and the drop in the price of 19 dollars, the nascent government of the doctors will face a serious challenge of funding.