The U.S. unveiled a fresh spate of sanctions against six entities that have facilitated the international sale of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products.
The sanctions are aimed at four companies — three Chinese firms and one United Arab Emirates company — that were used by one of Iran's largest petrochemical brokers to sell Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products to East Asia, according to aAs a result of the sanctions, assets the companies have in the U.S. are frozen and Americans are barred from conducting transactions with them.
In concurrence with the Treasury sanctions, the State Department also sanctioned a Singaporean company and a Chinese company that had facilitated the sale and transfer of Iranian petroleum and petroleum products, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said“The United States continues to pursue the path of diplomacy to achieve a mutual return to full implementation of" the 2015 nuclear deal, Brian Nelson, the Treasury's undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in the...
“Until such time as Iran is ready to return to full implementation of its commitments, we will continue to enforce sanctions on the illicit sale of Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals," Nelson added.
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