American State Department and Treasury Department again described what they described as “maximum pressure” of sanction on Iranian “shadow” oil store On Monday because the tensions between Tehran and Washington remain high after the president Donald Trump He took over the office last month.
IN State Department He has played 16 entities and vessels with part of the “Network of Illicit Cuts” that “deceive and deceive their role in loading and transportation of Iranian oil for sale customers in Asia,” said Tammy Bruce spokeswoman in a written statement.
State Department, together with the Department of Units for Control of Foreign Property at Cashier (OFAC), at the same time sanctioned a total of 22 people and identified 13 vessels “as blocked assets, in multiple jurisdictions, because of their involvement in the Iranian oil industry” states.
Bruce said that those involved in the shady net “delivered tens of millions of barrels of raw oil worth hundreds of millions of dollars.”
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State and treasure departments under Trump’s administration have re -entered the sanctions of maximum pressure on Iranian oil trade in shadow, US officials said on Monday. (Reuters/Raheb Homaveanda/File)
“Today’s action is the initial step in the achievement of the President Trump’s campaign maximum pressure on the Iranian regime,” she said. “This impaires Iran’s efforts to collect oil revenue for financing the activities of terrorists.”
Those confronting sanctions include oil intermediaries in the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, Tanker Operators and Managers in India and the People’s Republic of China, Head of Iranian Naphne Companies and Iranian Petroleum Company, whose surgery helps financing Iran’s destabilization activities , Ofac said in a statement.
Scott Bessent Treasury Secretary said he would now continue to identify and go after anyone who was involved in an illegal network with Iran.
“Iran still relies on the shady network of vessels, shippers and mediators to facilitate his sale of oil and finance his destabilizing activities,” Beesent said in a written statement. “The United States will use all our available tools to target all aspects of the Iranian oil supply chain, and all dealing with Iranian oil are exposed to a significant risk of sanctions.”
After Trump signed an executive command that re -established the campaign earlier this month, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi He said “The maximum pressure is a failed experiment, and the attempt will only bring it to another failure again.”
The return of the campaign for maximum pressure comes as tensions flash in the Middle East between Hamas and Israel of the supported Iran, and Tehran ice connection with Washington under Trump’s administration.
The US Ministry of Justice last year accused Islamic Republic Attempt to assassination against Trump, Probably in retaliation due to military strikes eliminated by IRGC General Qassem Soleimanija in 2020. Iranian president, however, rejected a lawsuit during an interview with Lester Holt in Tehran.
Iranian officials also retreated to all the efforts of American efforts to reduce his nuclear ambitions.
Fox News Digital Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report.
