The innocuously-named “Iranian Sanctions Enforcement Act of 2023” (H.R. 6201/S. 3197) seeks to significantly increase U.S. interdictions of Iranian shipping vessels to enforce unilateral U.S. sanctions, a highly escalatory proposition that risks heightening tensions and inviting Iranian reprisals. T
In a dramatic escalation of tensions, Iranian authorities have officially confiscated an American oil cargo worth approximately $50 million from the tanker Advantage Sweet, a vessel seized last year in the Gulf of Oman. The tanker, carrying a cargo initially bound for Chevron, was intercepted by the Iranian navy, marking a further intensification in the…
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