Refined products such as fuel oil were not covered by the temporary waivers granted on sanctions reintroduced last November. Photo: Reuters
SCMP/Reuters: Iranian fuel oil shipped in violation of US sanctions is unloaded in China, tracking data shows
* It was previously reported that some oil had evaded sanctions on petroleum exports by using ship-to-ship transfers involving four ships
* The unloading comes after US upped moves to choke off Iran’s oil exports by scrapping waivers granted to big buyers including China
A tanker carrying Iranian fuel oil in violation of US sanctions has unloaded the cargo into storage tanks near the Chinese city of Zhoushan, according to ship tracking data on Refinitiv Eikon.
The discharging of the nearly 130,000 tonnes of Iranian fuel oil on board the tanker Marshal Z, confirmed by a representative of the oil storage terminal, marks the end of an odyssey for the cargo that began four months ago.
Reuters reported on March 20 that some Iranian fuel oil had managed to evade the United States’ sanctions on petroleum exports by using ship-to-ship transfers involving four different ships, including the Marshal Z, and by using forged documents that masked the cargoes as originating from Iraq.
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WNU Editor: The White House was predicting this last month .... No wind-down for China on stopping its Iran oil buys: Trump officials (Reuters). As for the present, it should surprise no one that the Iranian foreign minister is travelling to China tomorrow .... Iran top diplomat to visit China on Friday: state media (France 24).
10 comments:
Kick them out of the UN.
China will not be kicked out of the UN. To do it the US would have to start recruiting countries starting with Vietnam, The Phillipines and others.
Russia would veto. China would have Iran and Pakistan, Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela plus various African nations to back it.
Plus the Democrats would never back it. They will be 180 degrees with whatever Trump wanted and not because if Trump. Kerry, Hillary and others beat the War drums pretty hard against Saddam in the late 1990s. then when Bush was elected and decided military action was necessary, they were against it. They were for it until they were against it until they had a 2nd vote and were for it until 2004 to 2006 and they were against it for a 2nd time. Such is the duplicity of the Democrat mind.
Anon:
We can not on our own kick any nation out. But to say the Democrats would not is plain silly since the GOP can not either. Your bias makes your comment dumb.
Kick out the UN.
China or should I day Xi keeps digging holes.
6:14
My comment stands. It is you comment that is stupid.
FACT: From about 1997 to the 2000 Democrats were rattling the saber against Saddam.
After Bush was elected, they were against it. Saddam had not changed his policies or his activities during that time.
If Trump had a announced policy of kicking China out of the WTO or UN through a diplomatic 'offensive' of rounding up support, the Democrats would come out against it. Period!
Egg on your face 6:14.
it is mere stupidity to announce what Dems would do when NO ONE nation can expel another from the UN. And also note it was under the Democrats that the UN got established...you need do some reading and put aside your childish cliches
Panting
More panting!
"under the Democrats that the UN got established..."
The Democrat party of today is not the same as your grandpa's Democrat Party. AOC is proof of that.
The Democrats going 180- to most things a Republican would do can be taken to the bank.
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