Iran’s daily oil income rose above pre-strike levels after late-February U.S.-Israeli attacks

After U.S. and Israeli forces struck Iran in late February 2026, the White House said time was working against Tehran. U.S. officials argued the regime had lost its economic lifeline of oil exports and risked lacking funds to pay its military. Oil industry data show Iran generated more from oil sales each day through much of the war than it did before the initial attacks.