⁍ Washington said on Thursday it had sold 1.1 million barrels of previously seized Iranian oil bound for Venezuela.
⁍ Iranian officials have said the seized crude oil shipments belonged to shippers and not Iran.
⁍ According to an unsealed U.S. forfeiture complaint, the fuel originated with firms tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
– The Trump administration announced Thursday that it had sold off 1.1 million barrels of previously seized Iranian oil bound for Venezuela, Reuters reports. According to an unsealed US forfeiture complaint, the fuel originated with firms tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, and shippers took steps to mask ownership. Iranian officials have said the seized crude oil shipments belonged to shippers and not Iran. But according to an unsealed US forfeiture complaint, the fuel originated with firms tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, and shippers took steps to mask ownership. “The Pirates of the Caribbean openly boasting abt(about) their booty… No one civilized brags abt stealing,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh tweeted.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-iran/iran-brands-us-pirates-over-seized-venezuela-bound-oil-idUSKBN27F2HN