Washington announced new sanctions against Chinese Iranian oil buyers

The US government today announced a new beam of sanctions against Iranian oil buyers, including an independent refinery, as Washington and Tehran have begun talks on the Iranian nuclear program. “The United States remains determined to step up pressure at all levels of Iranian oil supply chain to prevent the regime from gaining revenue by funding its destabilizing policy,” US Finance Minister Scott Bessed wrote in a statement. Among the goals of new sanctions announced today, an independent refinery in China, is called “teapot” and is accused of illegally converting Iranian oil to the northern province of Hebay. The target of sanctions are also three operators of port terminals in Santong province in eastern China, “for their role in the market or delivery of Iranian oil worth hundreds of millions of dollars”. The list also includes companies, ships and captains of ships “involved in the transport of Iranian oil to China, in Iran’s” ghost fleet “,” he writes […]
Source: News Beast

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