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Iranian crude clogs Chinese ports despite US sanctions

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021By Editor

Tankers full of Iranian oil are reportedly causing a traffic jam at ports in China’s Shandong, as other countries are reluctant to snatch it up, wary of US sanctions. … Read More >Iranian crude clogs Chinese ports despite US sanctions

‘We said: Inshallah’: US sanctions fail to prevent Iran from selling record amount of crude to energy-hungry China

Posted on March 9, 2021March 9, 2021By Editor

Iran has reportedly managed to ship record volumes of oil to China below the radar of the US economic penalties that have banned the Islamic republic from selling its crude to China, India, Japan and South Korea since 2018. … Read More >‘We said: Inshallah’: US sanctions fail to prevent Iran from selling record amount of crude to energy-hungry China

US sells over a million barrels of seized Iranian fuel headed for Venezuela

Posted on February 12, 2021February 12, 2021By Editor

The United States has sold more than a million barrels of Iranian fuel seized under its sanctions program last year, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing the US Department of Justice. … Read More >US sells over a million barrels of seized Iranian fuel headed for Venezuela

Iran’s Zarif Discusses Detention of South Korean Tanker With Seoul Delegation

Posted on January 12, 2021January 12, 2021By Editor

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has discussed the recent detention of a South Korean-flagged tanker in the Persian Gulf at a meeting with South Korea’s First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Choi Jong Kun, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. … Read More >Iran’s Zarif Discusses Detention of South Korean Tanker With Seoul Delegation

Iran-Seized Tanker a ‘Slap in Face’ to South Korea for Refusing to Release Oil Money, Source Claims

Posted on January 12, 2021By Editor

Tehran authorities forced the Hankuk Chemi tanker, sailing under South Korean flag, to dock in Iran last week, suspecting the vessel of contaminating local waters. At the same time, the Islamic republic rejected accusations that it was holding the ship “hostage”. … Read More >Iran-Seized Tanker a ‘Slap in Face’ to South Korea for Refusing to Release Oil Money, Source Claims

Iranian-Flagged Ship Arrives in Venezuela Again Despite US Pressure, Tracking Data Suggests

Posted on January 11, 2021January 11, 2021By Editor

Venezuela and Iran, two nations which have been heavily targeted by US sanctions, have maintained their close cooperation in the fuel sector. Tehran has been sending ships to the South American nation to bring gasoline supplies or load them with Venezuelan crude for future exports. … Read More >Iranian-Flagged Ship Arrives in Venezuela Again Despite US Pressure, Tracking Data Suggests

‘If there is any hostage taking, it is Seoul’: Iranian govt demands $7bn returned after seizing South Korean tanker

Posted on January 6, 2021January 6, 2021By Editor

The Iranian government has lambasted Seoul for holding $7 billion of Iranian funds on ‘baseless grounds’ but claims it is not related to Iran’s seizure of a South Korean flagged tanker in the Persian Gulf. … Read More >‘If there is any hostage taking, it is Seoul’: Iranian govt demands $7bn returned after seizing South Korean tanker

Seoul dispatches anti-piracy unit to Persian Gulf after South Korean-flagged tanker seized by Iran

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021By Editor

The South Korean Defense Ministry has said that it will send its anti-piracy Cheonghae unit, normally based in the Gulf of Aden, along with helicopters to the Persian Gulf where a South Korean vessel was seized by Iran. … Read More >Seoul dispatches anti-piracy unit to Persian Gulf after South Korean-flagged tanker seized by Iran

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize South Korean-flagged tanker for ‘oil pollution’ in Persian Gulf

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021By Editor

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran has confirmed detaining a South Korean-flagged oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The ship had earlier been spotted off-course in the country’s waters. … Read More >Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize South Korean-flagged tanker for ‘oil pollution’ in Persian Gulf

‘Naval BOMB’ prone to ‘sudden explosion’ found on hull of Iraqi tanker as Iran warns US may use false-flag attack to start war

Posted on January 3, 2021January 3, 2021By Editor

Explosives experts were called in to defuse a naval mine found attached to the hull of an oil tanker as it departed an Iraqi port, prompting an evacuation of the ship’s crew amid simmering tension in the Gulf. … Read More >‘Naval BOMB’ prone to ‘sudden explosion’ found on hull of Iraqi tanker as Iran warns US may use false-flag attack to start war