Satellite images reviewed by Iran International show that since the U.S. reimposition of a naval blockade in late Tīr, the visible activity of ships at the ports of Rājā’ī and Khomeynī has dropped sharply; a change that indicates mounting pressure on Iran’s imports and exports.

A series of Copernicus satellite images comparing the months before the war with the period after the blockade shows a striking shift in both ports.

At the port of Rājā’ī, near Bandar Abbas, the pre-war images show the presence of ships at multiple berths and denser activity at the container terminal, whereas in the later images the number of ships is much lower and large parts of the port appear mostly inactive.

A similar pattern is seen at the port of Khomeynī in the southwest of Iran, the country’s largest import gateway, where satellite images show a noticeable reduction in ship presence and terminal activity compared with the pre-engagement period.

The port of Rājā’ī is Iran’s most important export port and, after the port of Khomeynī, the country’s second-largest import gateway. It is also considered Iran’s largest container port and, based on a