Assuming the US operated an indefinite blockade of all Iranian oil ships and Iran maintained toll booth control at pre-war shipping volumes...they could actually increase their national GDP above pre-war levels by charging about $10m per passage, all while exporting no oil themselves.
365 days a year * 135 ships per day * $10m per ship = ~$492b.
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