The US imposed sanctions against companies for illegal trade of oil from Iran

The US Treasury announced the introduction of sanctions against 13 foreign companies.

“The sanctions were imposed against 13 companies in multiple jurisdictions that facilitated the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars of Iranian petrochemicals and petroleum products to East Asian buyers by Iranian petrochemical companies already under sanctions,” the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said in a statement. USA.

In particular, the “black list” included companies from the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and other parts of the PRC, which bought oil from Iran despite the embargo and shipped it to China, as well as participated in other illegal schemes.