{"id":62588,"date":"2026-05-09T09:01:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/09\/long-overlooked-caspian-sea-provides-strategic-trade-route-for-iran-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T09:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:01:26","slug":"long-overlooked-caspian-sea-provides-strategic-trade-route-for-iran-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/09\/long-overlooked-caspian-sea-provides-strategic-trade-route-for-iran-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Overlooked, Caspian Sea Provides Strategic Trade Route for Iran &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxQa1hnVmZQX1dTaHVQS0NweWFQbjA4LXpjbWNPemRTVjJ6em4tcTR1cTJBMHg0YjItOGhVVHRtRmNlcnYzdkRzNnZIb21qM3N4V25PSWxDV1ljNFlSSHJlVDNtMzNnT1I5MTV3VWVUZmJ0aVFQWmh4VkpyS0hPUExpZ3NZTXVNdDQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Long Overlooked, Caspian Sea Provides Strategic Trade Route for Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Russia said to be sending Iran drone parts via Caspian Sea, bypassing Hormuz blockade<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Times of Israel<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxPczJQNW0ydm14d3c4dEp4X2ZiVFNGU29Xc285VXFhSmtyV1B6a2ZET0FCLVRwa04xb0g0U05LMFZBak05Wldzd2RCZEx6dl9lamNoOTlrNm55cXlUTjNwWmxtaTJrdGJSZHdPa3pFdE1XZFFWV2NZR2JoMElmLVpqTE1WZzZibEpiQUJzV0hRUmZsRVRqa0JYWTRVM2FPR3ZLNGZ0OWZfVGkteDNRM3puUWt6ak0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Russia Offered Fiber-Optic Drones to Iran for Potential Attacks on US Forces<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">UNITED24 Media<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNSUpEbG8yUFl2UHpWN05Ua0J1THd3UjNkVUdhNWF4eXB5TUNOb1NLaTliSVBDeWJ4elAyamhKNTkzWnpwdlBRNVlnemdoV3YwTFFRRkRiT2gyc1gyWHExYVUwYldqaFdvUGdEZmQyR2xXTFpHZFN5UFZxNTNxWmp1aHNkZEwzZlpyX2Ftb1Ayc2cxQmVLbzdYag?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Secret document reveals Russia\u2019s plans to aid Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Economist<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiakFVX3lxTE9VMjZ1Zy04eHQwZkNKZGZWOVFMMzdnZXNBQ0FMblR1cVdXeEd4QlRRQUNKRzQwU3EyUXFBZmZKb0tWMUtKbXR1UjBCNV9wcGk4bFYwbThMZ0N3NHNPRFJfeUJEdl9idXh3RWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">How Russia Helps Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long Overlooked, Caspian Sea Provides Strategic Trade Route for Iran&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times Russia said to be sending Iran drone parts via Caspian Sea, bypassing&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/09\/long-overlooked-caspian-sea-provides-strategic-trade-route-for-iran-the-new-york-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}