US Treasury imposes sweeping sanctions on China-linked firms over Iran oil trade

18 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Apr 24

The latest measures target 40 shipping firms and vessels, as well as a Chinese oil refinery, expanding previous actions against Hengli Petrochemical and Iran’s shadow fleet.
These sanctions aim to disrupt secretive maritime oil and chemical trade between Beijing and Tehran, ahead of a planned Trump-Xi summit, intensifying economic pressure on Iran’s revenue streams.
Earlier, the US licensed the wind-down of Hengli Petrochemical’s Iran-related deals, part of ongoing efforts to curb Iran’s military funding and destabilizing activities through sanctions on Chinese and Iranian entities.

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