re: Since the Iranians are losing hugely economically, how will they stir the pot for revenue?

How or with what do they derive the lifeblood of their economy? In other words, what area(s) of commerce do they rely on primarily, and how are those particular areas doing these days?

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Smugglers have been smuggling out of China for hundreds of years over the land including throughout the last 25 years of Mideast war. That’s not going to end anytime soon

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Exactly how much oil do you think they can ship over land. The bridge at the railhead heading to chini we blew up in the first week. Most of the bridges and tunnels, rail leading from the port were blown up.

Even if they could get it off Kharg there is no way logistically to get it out.

And Id say we have about 100 sats watching anything that tried to come from china.

But that doesnt stop the msm from cheering for china to rescue them and puppets on here repeating it.

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How or with what do they derive the lifeblood of their economy? In other words, what area(s) of commerce do they rely on primarily, and how are those particular areas doing these days?

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The lifeblood? Well, there will always be a degree of internal demand in any population, especially of Iran's size. The country also likely has a bigger population than reported, as they are home to several Afghan groups whose inclusion in the census is somewhat iffy, and are used for several distinct purposes, but that is another issue.

While the import-export aspect of their economy will no doubt be affected, the regime has moved into several illicit areas to generate different revenue streams. This includes heavier involvement in the drug trade, given Afghanistan's closeness, in addition to Hezbollah's attempts to move into South America, which are still ongoing.

Think of the state more like a group of gangsters. They tend to use their extra-territorial power to ensure monies are always flowing to them in areas where they can get a foothold. They've been involved in this sort of stuff for a long while as well. You can see it in the way they negotiate with their near-neighbors, where they are essentially demanding ransom payments from other Gulf states. Where they have control entirely depends on where they can get a foothold. Gangsterism is a really common form of coercion the Shia seem to use in particular. So I don't think traditional financial stressors will really bankrupt them, not any more than the financial stress they've been under since the 90's.

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They're going to run it down to a level they aren't willing to cross eventually and then that will be bad for us because the only reason our gas prices aren't higher is because the biggest developed nation on the planet isn't buying but instead cutting into their own reserves.

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What they are likely going to do is to send warships to escort oil shipments well before they drawdown their reserves too much.

I do believe gangsterism, great word btw, is indeed the business model of North Korea for sure, as they really have no other “cash crop” in that country. But Iran? Of course their cash crop is oil. And that “industry” in Iran has been severely crippled, certainly not enough “business” to that end to maintain the status quo prior to these operations.