iran is shipping oil to venezuela.
????
let's remember a few things.
1) venezuela is a major oil producer.
2) venezuela's primary customer is the united states.
3) that fact gives the united states tremendous influence in venezuela, regardless of the propaganda otherwise.
4) iran is supposed to be under a fuel blockade.
...and...
5) joe biden was one of the insider democrats that was always suspected of having something to do with iran-contra (and, i suspect there was something like that going on during the obama years, too)
so, while i understand that the narrative here is inevitably going to be about iran defying american hegemony in sending a ship across the ocean, and i even concede that there are reasons to look at it as an act of defiance, the premise of iran risking a nuclear war to send oil to venezuela (of all places) is beyond dubious to the point that it needs to be discarded.
my best guess is that this oil is destined for houston, via venezuela as a stopover.