Saturday, September 09, 2023

US says it disrupts illicit oil shipment by Iran’s IRGC, seizes contraband crude




US says it disrupts illicit oil shipment by Iran’s IRGC, seizes contraband crude




The US today confirmed it disrupted in April a multimillion-dollar shipment of crude oil by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, seizing more than 980,000 barrels of contraband crude oil that violated US sanctions. — Reuters pic

Friday, 08 Sep 2023 11:37 PM MYT




kt comment: Note it was about "US sanctions", not UN sanctions.



HOUSTON, Sept 8 — The US today confirmed it disrupted in April a multimillion-dollar shipment of crude oil by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, seizing more than 980,000 barrels of contraband crude oil that violated US sanctions.


In a sanctions enforcement operation, the US confiscated cargo onboard the Suez Rajan, a Marshall Islands tanker, which was carrying Iranian oil at sea. The vessel was unloaded last month after waiting 2-1/2 months off the coast of Texas to discharge.

The “illicit sale and transport of Iranian oil” violated sanctions targeting Iran, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a statement that for the first time acknowledged its role.


kt comments:

Note it is about the US Department of Justice, peddling its "justice" about, ignoring it has virtually been wankee "piracy on the high seas", an arrogant display of unilateral wankee power


2 comments:

  1. Iran seized an oil tanker chartered by a US company about two months ago in the Persian Gulf.
    .
    At the time pro-Iranian bloggers (wakakaka) were celebrating the seizure.

    .So it's fair reciprocity

    This particular shipment was intended to be unloaded in USA, therefore SUBJECT TO AMERICAN LAW.
    No UN sanctions necessary

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  2. Such a mfering act of Yankee consistency - I can do what I wanted to, but u can't never do what I did!

    The US military forces in Syria has been regularly smuggling cruel oil seized from occupied oil fields by the truckloads.

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