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The United States pushes for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, yet the war with Iran is far from over.

The United States pushes for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, yet the war with Iran is far from over.

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September 11th, 2026

The United States pushes for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, yet the war with Iran is far from over.

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In recent weeks, the United States has succeeded in eroding Iran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz while all but severing Iran's own oil exports, thereby hastening the free fall of its economy.

近数周,美国成功削弱了伊朗对霍尔木兹海峡的掌控,同时近乎彻底切断了伊朗本国的石油出口,从而加速了其经济的自由落体式下滑。

Yet the war that the United States and Israel brazenly launched in Februaryoriginally intended to be a swift, decisive campaign concluded within weeksremains far from over, and the ensuing stalemate has exacted a heavy toll on both sides.

然而美以两国于二月间悍然发动这场战争——原拟数周内速战速决——迄今仍远未终结僵局令双方付出沉重代价

An agreement concluded in June promptly fell apart, and since then there has been no discernible trace of diplomatic mediation.

六月缔结的一项协议旋即分崩离析此后外交斡旋之迹杳然

Low-intensity exchanges of fire drag on without end, while the United States appears to have no exit strategy to speak of.

低烈度交火绵延不绝美国似无退出战略可言

The ever-intensifying economic pressure on Iran has so far failed to spark an uprising; yet should its leaders be driven into a corner, they may well opt for military escalation rather than bow to submission.

对伊朗持续加码的经济施压迄今尚未激起起义然而一旦其领导人被逼至绝境他们或倾向于选择军事层面的升级而非俯首屈服

Meanwhile, its Houthi allies in Yemen have stepped up their attacks on Saudi Arabia, thereby helping to push oil prices back up.

与此同时,其在也门的胡塞盟友加紧了对沙特阿拉伯的袭击从而助推油价回升

The international benchmark Brent crude price soared this week to over $100 a barrel, while the price of diesel, widely used in transport and agriculture, hit a record high, threatening to further intensify inflationary pressures.

国际基准布伦特原油价格于本周飙涨至每桶逾100美元运输与农业领域广泛使用的柴油价格则创下历史新高恐进一步加剧通胀压力

US President Donald Trump acknowledged that petrol prices could remain stubbornly high throughout the midterm congressional elections.

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普承认汽油价格在中期国会选举期间持续居高不下

"Regrettably, even though the United States achieved only limited success in curbing Iran's grip on the strait and inflicted devastating damage on the Iranian economy, it ultimately failed to prevail in its war with Iran," said Mona Yacoubian, a Middle East expert at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.

不幸的是纵然美国在遏制伊朗对海峡的掌控上斩获了有限的成效对伊朗经济施以了毁灭性的重创,美国却终究未能在与伊朗的战争中克敌制胜,”华盛顿战略与国际研究中心中东问题专家莫娜·雅库比安如是表示

Far from showing the slightest sign of backing down, Iran has instead made plain its willingness not only to retaliate but also to escalate the conflict wherever possible.

伊朗非但未见丝毫退让之迹象反倒彰显出不仅甘愿予以反击在所有可能之处将冲突进一步升级之意愿。

This war is highly likely to be protracted, with no clear victor in sight.

此番战事极有可能旷日持久难有明确之胜者

At the very outbreak of the war, Iran effectively blockaded the Strait of Hormuzthrough which, in peacetime, one-fifth of the world's oil and natural gas trade passesand wielded the ensuing global economic shock as a bargaining chip.

伊朗于战争肇端之际卓有成效地封锁了霍尔木兹海峡——和平年代全球五分之一的石油与天然气贸易皆取道于此——并将由此引发的全球经济震荡挟为筹码

At the same time, it continued to export its own oil, chiefly to China.

与此同时仍持续输出本国石油主要销往中国

In recent weeks, however, the tide has decisively turned.

然而近几周来态势已然逆转

According to data compiled by Homayoun Falakshahi, an oil specialist at the global trade monitoring firm Kpler, the American blockade has all but brought Iran's exports to a standstill, while the US military has helped to spur a rise in exports from the Gulf states.

依据全球贸易监测机构Kpler石油专家霍马永·法拉卡沙希汇编数据美国的封锁举措几乎伊朗的出口陷入停滞美军助推了海湾国家出口的增长

He observed that Iran's oil exports had plummeted from 1.85 million barrels per day in the spring of last year to roughly 255,000 barrels per day in August, whereas non-Iranian oil exports had surged from 300,000 barrels per day at the height of the war to 8.4 million barrels per day in September, with volumes shipped via alternative routes pushing that figure up to 10.8 million barrels per day.

他察觉到伊朗的石油出口量已从去年春季每日185万桶锐减至8月的约25.5万桶而非伊朗石油的出口则从战争高峰期的每日30万桶攀升至9月的840万桶经由替代路线输出的部分更使这一数字达到1080万桶

On Sunday, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright cited comparable figures as a point of pride, asserting that "we may have reached two-thirds or more of pre-conflict flows."

美国能源部长克里斯·赖特于周日援引了与之相仿的数据并加以标榜声称我们可能已达到冲突前流量的三分之二或更多”。

According to the data provided by Farakashahi, pre-war non-Iranian exports stood at roughly 14 million barrels per day.

据法拉卡沙希所提供的数据战前非伊朗方面的出口量约为每日1400万桶

However, the rise in traffic hinges on a large-scale US military deployment in the strait, a move that has stretched military resources to breaking point.

然而流量的攀升有赖于美国在海峡的大规模军事部署,此举已令军事资源左支右绌

This unpopular war has cost American taxpayers more than $37.5 billion and left 18 US service members dead, and is expected to weigh on Republicans in November's elections.

这场不得人心的战争已使美国纳税人蒙受逾375亿美元的损失,并造成18名美国军人阵亡预计将于11月的选举中对共和党人构成压力

Increasingly stringent blockade measures and a fresh round of US sanctions have dealt a severe blow to Iran's economy, not only driving up prices but also causing the queues of vehicles waiting outside petrol stations to grow ever longer.

日益严苛的封锁举措美方新一轮制裁对伊朗经济构成沉重打击不仅推高了物价水平致使加油站外等候的车队愈发绵长

Yet thus far, nothing suggests that this state of affairs is compelling the country's increasingly intransigent leadership to make any concessions on issues such as the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's contentious nuclear program, or its support for regional armed groups.

然而,迄今为止,尚无任何迹象表明,这一态势正迫使该国日趋强硬的领导层在霍尔木兹海峡、伊朗颇具争议的核计划,抑或其对地区武装组织的扶持等议题上作出任何让步。

"Washington's predicament lies in the fact that it has never managed to formulate a theory of victory: although more ships are now passing through and Iran is likewise incurring losses, none of this has yielded any political outcome," said Ali Vaez, an Iran specialist at the International Crisis Group think tank.

“华盛顿的症结在于,它始终未能形成一套胜利理论:尽管更多船只正在通行,伊朗亦在承受损失,但这一切均未催生任何政治结果,”国际危机组织智库的伊朗问题专家阿里·瓦埃兹表示。

Iran persisted in launching attacks on vessels in the strait, which drew limited American strikes against its coastal areas, after which Tehran responded in turn with missile attacks on Arab states hosting US forces.

伊朗持续对海峡中的船只发动袭击招致美国对其沿海地区实施有限打击,随后德黑兰方面又以导弹袭击驻有美军的阿拉伯国家作为回应。

Trump, for his part, has lately dismissed the conflict as "a trifling matter."

特朗普近日轻描淡写地将这场冲突称为小事一桩”。

However, as the supply of America's advanced interceptor missiles becomes increasingly stretched, Iran may be tempted to escalate its attacksor to respond through regional proxies.

然而,随着美国先进拦截导弹的供应日趋捉襟见肘,伊朗或将被诱使升级其袭击行动——抑或借由地区代理人予以回应。

This week, the Iran-backed Houthi forces launched a fresh wave of attacks on Saudi oil installations, a conflict whose origins stretch back more than a decade and whose intensity has escalated over recent weeks.

伊朗所扶植的胡塞武装于本周对沙特石油设施发动了一轮袭击这场冲突可追溯至十余年前而近数周以来其烈度已有所攀升

The Houthis have also been targeting Saudi shipping, imperilling both its oil exports and a vital trade route that runs through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait towards the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.

胡塞武装亦在袭击沙特的航运对其石油出口以及一条经由曼德海峡通往红海和苏伊士运河的关键贸易路线构成威胁

Farahkashahi pointed out that the Houthis had carried out sabotage at Saudi Arabia's Jizan refinery, which happens to be a crucial supply hub for European diesel and aviation fuel.

法拉卡沙希指出胡塞武装对沙特吉赞炼油厂实施了破坏而该炼油厂乃是欧洲柴油与航空燃油重要供应枢纽

According to Kpler data, the volume of Saudi oil shipped to Asia via the Bab el-Mandeb Strait plummeted from roughly 3.4 million barrels per day in June to a mere 128,000 barrels per day in August, although it had edged back up to about 700,000 barrels per day by September.

据Kpler数据显示,经由曼德海峡运往亚洲沙特石油量已从6月的每日约340万桶急剧萎缩至8月仅12.8万桶尽管9月已小幅回升至每日约70万桶

"Tehran has repeatedly declared that its way of responding to the ever-growing pressure from the United States is to ascend the escalation ladder step by step, rather than to beat a retreat," wrote Danny Citrinowicz, a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies and a former Israeli intelligence official who once specialized in Iranian affairs, in a post on X.

“德黑兰屡屡申明,其应对美国与日俱增的施压之道,乃是在升级阶梯上拾级而上,而非退避三舍,”以色列国家安全研究所高级研究员、曾专攻伊朗问题的前以色列情报官员丹尼·西特里诺维奇在X上如是写道。

He wrote: "Iran will by no means rashly submit to an indefinite naval blockade, nor will it stand idly by while Washington keeps imposing economic costs without itself having to bear corresponding costs."

他写道:“伊朗断不会贸然屈从于无限期的海上封锁亦不会坐视华盛顿持续施加经济代价而自身却免于付出相应代价。”

Klaus has devoted more than two decades to reporting on the Middle East, having been stationed successively in Cairo, Jerusalem, and Baghdad.

克劳斯深耕中东报道逾二十载,曾先后驻任开罗、耶路撒冷与巴格达。

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