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Iran tolls The US has warned shipping companies they could face sanctions if they pay Iran
sanction to hit Chinese companies,” a spokesperson said. China gets more than half of its oil from the Middle East, and last year purchased more than 80 percent of Iran’s shipped oil, according
US also announced it was tightening sanctions against Iran’s oil industry. Oil transport infrastructure would be targeted with sanctions on more than two dozen people, companies and ships
US Treasury Office** warned that any shipping companies that paid tolls to Iran for passage through the strait of Hormuz, including charitable donations to organisations such as the Iranian Red Crescent Society, would risk punitive
ship “13448” successfully broke the blockade. Because it is a smaller vessel operating in coastal waters, it lacks an official IMO number, allowing it to evade traditional sanction-monitoring tools. The vessel departed Iran
sanctions:** US officials targeted more than two dozen individuals, along with companies and vessels linked to the oil transport network of Iranian shipping magnate Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani. - **US says 10 vessels blocked from Iranian ports
shipping companies and vessels that operate as part of Iran’s shadow fleet. China has said it opposes “illegal” unilateral sanctions. On Friday, its embassy in Washington said normal trade should not be harmed
shipping companies already reeling from Iran’s effective closure of the strait. “We don’t know what conditions are in place. We don’t know what the targeting criteria of Iran are really,” Stawpert said
ships using other Gulf ports. The blockade has created further uncertainty for shippers, oil companies and war risk insurers. On Wednesday morning, US central command (Centcom) said US forces had “achieved maritime superiority
Iran has continued restricting shipping through the vital waterway after President Donald Trump announced US forces would impose a blockade on Iranian ports. The Russian-flagged Nord managed to clear the strait despite private vessels
companies and people based in Iran, Turkiye and the United Arab Emirates. They include Chabok FZCO, a Dubai-based firm that the US government accused of procuring “sensors other US-origin aircraft components
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sanctions on Russian oil in early March after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz to shipping in response to US and Israeli strikes, in order to ease pressure on global crude oil prices. On April
companies. Since the war began, it has also offered humanitarian, medical and repatriation assistance to stranded seafarers. “The humanitarian crisis is affecting all seafarers in the Persian Gulf, including the crews of Iranian-flagged ships
ships passing through the waterway. An early estimate indicates that Iran has suffered about $270bn in direct and indirect damages since the start of the US-Israel war on February 28, Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh
US and Israel hit two of Iran's largest petrochemical plants, in Asaluyeh and Mahshahr, as well as two of the largest steel manufacturers, Mobarakeh Steel and Khuzestan Steel. While tens of thousands of people
sanctioned Iranian oil. Iranian troops, meanwhile, have also captured ships that they say were trying to pass the Strait of Hormuz without their permission, and have fired at some vessels. These tit-for-tat acts
ships transiting through the strait. “It is common for jurisdictions subject to heavy sanctions to naturally gravitate toward cryptocurrency because it provides alternative rail that gives access to finance they are otherwise restricted by sanctions
company Chevron to manage oil fields in Basra, Dhi Qar and Salahuddin. The agreements also included the transfer of management of West Qurna-2 – one of Iraq’s largest oil fields – from Russia’s Lukoil
Sanctions because of their prior history of illegal activity. We have full custody of the ship, and are seeing what's on board!" US Central Command later released footage it said showed a naval vessel