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The US Treasury Department has approved more than 20 agencies that Iran is involved in shipping worth several billion dollars in Iran, which is the last step in promoting the “maximum pressure” of the Trump administration over Tehran.
Treasury’s Foreign Resources Control Office says it is approving about two dozen parties involved in Iran’s “illegal international oil trade”.
“Today’s action refers to our continuous focus on intense stress in each field of Iran’s oil trade, which the government uses to spend money for its dangerous and unstable activities,” Treasury Secretary Scott Basent.
He said that the United States will “continue to target this primary source of revenue until the government continues to support terrorism and the spread of deadly weapons”.
Action noticed a number of Hong Kong-based entities that the United States complained that Front companies for Sephor Energy, its commercial allowed IranArmed forces are general staff.
The United States says that Seper is using energy companies, including Jean Rui G, Star Energy and Millen Trading, for brokers and “Tipt” refines to accept Iranian oil shipment distributed in refinery – the distinct entity that has long been considered as the main Chinese buyer of Iranian Crude.
It said that companies were established in China and were conducted there, but their commercial activities were controlled by Seper Energy and its officials, of which at least one was approved in the United States.
Treasury said that once the oil sale was finished, the earnings returned from the front companies to AFGS. It has added that sales resort to “the development of ballistic missiles and unmanned airline vehicles, as well as financing regional terrorist groups.”
The United States CCIC is also approving Singapore, which has said that ship transfer from ships, oil mixture and documents neglected oil Iranian sources and several Hong Kong-based companies say that Sephor Energy and Chinese Tept were middle refiners.
The Treasury Action also aims at the fleet of the elderly “shadow fleet” oil tankers used by Sephor Energy to facilitate Iranian oil shipment in China.
The latest restrictions are part of a broad crackdown to assist in the purchase or purchase of Iran in the United States on Chinese entities. They are part of the Washington strategy Applied to the pressure on Iran Since it discusses it with its nuclear program.
A Speech At a US-Saudi investment conference on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said he wanted to avoid disputes with Iran, “many more optimistic” new and better way to the future. ”
But he added: “If Iran’s leadership rejects this olive branch … we will have no choice but to put a huge maximum pressure on us [and] Run the export of Iranian oil to zero. “
In March, Treasury for the first time a Chinese “Tipt” was restricted to the refinery. It noticed a second advantage of this national last month.
After the criticism that the Biden administration has not taken enough action, Iranian oil exports have identified new efforts in the United States to crack exports.
In April, Treasury Put Ban The Shandong Seenksing Chemical has violated US sanctions in the Iranian crippled region, which has included a front of the US Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, violating US sanctions more than $ 1 billion in violation of US sanctions.
Beijing has repeatedly criticized US sanctions and has been accused of Washington or appointed a “long-carrying jurisdiction” that undermine international trade.
