U.S. Sanctions Network of Companies Moving and Selling Iranian Oil

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : All of this comes as the U.S. and Iran completed a fourth round of negotiations mediated by Oman and as Donald Trump is visiting the Middle East on his first international trip since returning to the White House.
45% : Sepehr, the U.S. reports, often carries out its oil shipments through a series of "deals" between multiple front companies that it owns or controls, creating the illusion of non-sanctionable trade between separate entities.
44% : The newest targets are a network of nearly two dozen companies, which the U.S. contents are mostly fronts or in support of Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics to provide funds through the transport and sale of oil products to China.

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