US announces more sanctions on Iran’s oil shipping network The Trump administration designation includes a claim that an Iranian national attempted to load a cargo ship with illicit cargo off the Texas coast. Mike Wagenheim April 22, 2025
CENTCOM announces strikes on Houthi-controlled oil port “The objective of these strikes was to degrade the economic source of power of the Houthis,” read a statement issued by the U.S. Central Command. April 17, 2025
US sanctions network shipping hundreds of millions of dollars in Iranian oil "The Iranian regime relies on its network of unscrupulous shippers and brokers" to "enable its oil sales and finance its destabilizing activities," stated Scott Bessent, the U.S. treasury secretary. April 11, 2025
US seizes $47m in proceeds from illegal Iranian oil sale The facilitators allegedly concocted a scheme to present the oil as Malaysian. March 27, 2025
US sanctions Iranian oil minister, shadow fleet “The Iranian regime continues to use the proceeds from the nation’s vast oil resources to advance its narrow, alarming self-interests at the expense of the Iranian people,” stated the U.S. treasury secretary. March 13, 2025
US State Department, Treasury sanction entities connected to Iran’s ‘Shadow Fleet’ “Anyone who deals in Iranian oil exposes themselves to significant sanctions risk,” said U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Feb. 24, 2025
The real message of Chanukah To avoid both destruction and assimilation, Jews have to fight for who they are and what they stand for. Melanie Phillips Dec. 26, 2024
China’s weak attempts at Mideast diplomacy is faced with heavy reliance on Iranian oil As tensions heighten in region, Beijing is taking strategic diplomatic steps to uphold its enduring connection with Iran. Jennifer Teale Dec. 6, 2024
US sanctions 35 vessels, companies that are part of Iranian ‘shadow fleet’ "Iran continues to funnel revenues from its petroleum trade toward the development of its nuclear program," stated Bradley Smith, a U.S. Treasury Department official. Dec. 3, 2024
