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US places sanctions on oil broker for allegedly supporting Quds force
2021-08-14
[Rudaw] The US Department of Treasury announced on Friday that sanctions were imposed on an accused oil smuggler in an international oil smuggling network allegedly responsible for funding Quds force operations in the region.

In a blurb, Secretary of State Antony Blinkin noted that Iranian oil proceeds were being used to support the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF) in their "malign activities" in the region.

"The IRGC-QF is using revenues from its Iranian petroleum sales to fund its malign activities at the expense of the Iranian people," the director of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Andrea M. Gacki was quoted in the blurb.

This comes as Washington urges Tehran to prioritize resuming nuclear negotiations in Vienna, saying the window to revive the nuclear accord will not remain open forever as Iran’s breakout time for producing fissile material for a nuclear weapon continues to shrink.

The sanctions freeze any US assets of those blacklisted, as well as generally prohibiting Americans from engaging in transactions with them. Foreign financial institutions also risk exposure to sanctions themselves if they provide support.

"The United States will continue to expose and disrupt those supporting such efforts," said Blinken.

Among those named by OFAC was Mahmood Rashid Amur al-Habsi, an oil broker from Oman whose various companies were used to conceal the IRGC-QF's involvement in the sale and shipment of Iranian oil, according to the report. Shipments worth millions of dollars have been transported by al-Habsi's companies, such as Oman-based Nimr International L.L.C and Orbit Petrochemicals Trading LLC.

Al-Habsi "tampered with the automated identification systems that are onboard vessels, forged shipping documents, and paid bribes, circumventing restrictions related to Iran" while maintaining oversight over shipping operations, the statement explained.

Earlier this month, the United Kingdom and the United States condemned the attack on an Israeli-managed petroleum tanker off the coast of Oman that killed two people on August 1, both blaming Iran.

Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
has denied involvement, saying "the Zionist regime has created insecurity, terror and violence... These accusations about Iran's involvement are condemned by Tehran," Rooters reported.
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Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Useful information again, Bertie Crains2651. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2021-08-14 17:04  

#1  The sanctions target the companies managed by Mahmood Rashid Amur Al Habsi, based in Oman, Liberia and Romania. “Al-Habsi used its Oman-based company, Nimr International LLC, to facilitate the sale and transport of Iranian oil to support the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards. (…) Al Habsi also used Orbit Petrochemicals. Trading Oman, based in Oman, to facilitate the sale of Iranian oil in order to hide the involvement of the Quds Force. (…) Bravery Maritime Corporation, a company registered in Liberia, is identified for sanction under the Executive Order. 13224, with amendments, due to the fact that it is owned, controlled or managed, directly or indirectly, by Al Habsi. (…) The company Nimr International SRL, based in Romania, is identified by virtue of the Executive Order 13224 , with modifications, as it is owned, controlled or conducted, directly or indirectly, by Al Habsi, “the US Treasury Department said.
Posted by: Bertie Crains2651   2021-08-14 08:24  

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