An Iranian petroleum facility. (Source: Persol Corporation)
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“I think we have demonstrated the right foreign policy with respect to Iran, and I am hopeful that the world will continue the policies that we have, and that one day Iran will rejoin the community of nations”
– Secretary Pompeo, Interview with Ben Shapiro, December 15, 2020
Sanctioning Supporters of Iran’s Petroleum and Petrochemical Sectors, December 16.
Petroleum and petrochemicals are major sources of revenue for the Iranian regime, revenue it employs to oppress the Iranian people and to advance its malign foreign agenda.
The Department of State is imposing sanctions on Vietnam Gas and Chemicals Transportation Corporation, a vessel manager, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13846, for knowingly engaging, on or after November 5, 2018, in a significant transaction for the transport of petroleum products from Iran. The Department of State is also imposing sanctions pursuant to E.O. 13846 on the company’s Managing Director, Vo Ngoc Phung, for serving as a principal exe
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This Week in Iran Policy 19 December
“I think we have demonstrated the right foreign policy with respect to Iran, and I am hopeful that the world will continue the policies that we have, and that one day Iran will rejoin the community of nations”
– Secretary Pompeo, Interview with Ben Shapiro, December 15, 2020
Sanctioning Supporters of Iran’s Petroleum and Petrochemical Sectors, December 16.
Petroleum and petrochemicals are major sources of revenue for the Iranian regime, revenue it employs to oppress the Iranian people and to advance its malign foreign agenda.
The Department of State is imposing sanctions on Vietnam Gas and Chemicals Transportation Corporation, a vessel manager, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13846, for knowingly engaging, on or after November 5, 2018, in a significant transaction for the transport of petroleum products from Iran. The Department of State is also imposing sanctions pursuant to E.O. 13846 on the company’s Managing Direct
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by Daria Bedenko
Dec. 16, 2020
The Trump administration has been targeting Iran with harsh economic sanctions under a so-called ‘maximum pressure’ campaign, labeling the Islamic republic as “the world’s leading state sponsor of terror”.
The US State Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions of a Vietnam gas and chemicals transportation company for “knowingly engaging […] in a significant transaction for the transport of petroleum products from Iran”, according to a statement.
“Today, the US imposed sanctions on five entities for knowingly engaging in the transport of Iranian petroleum or petrochemical products, whose revenue the regime uses to carry out its malign agenda. We will not relent in our pursuit of those who attempt to evade sanctions”, State Secretary Mike Pompeo tweeted, announcing the sanctions.