Bruce » 10 Sep 2023, 12:55 am » wrote: ↑
The United States confirmed Friday that it seized a tanker load of Iranian oil in April, just before Iran seized two vessels in the Gulf region, in the Justice
Department's first official statement about the incident.The department said it had seized the Suez Rajan, a Greek-managed tanker, and its cargo of 980,000 barrels of crude oil, allegedly being sold by Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to China.That sale allegedly violated U.S. and international sanctions, and the U.S. government obtained a warrant early this year for its seizure.
On April 19, about the time of the seizure, the vessel's owner, Suez Rajan Ltd., pleaded guilty of sanctions violations and was fined $2.5 million.
Subsequently the Greek vessel operator, Empire Navigation, agreed to cooperate with U.S. authorities and ordered the ship, located in Southeast Asia at the time, to take its load of oil to the United States.At the time U.S. authorities would not confirm it was taking control of the cargo and that the ship was sailing to the United States.
https://www.voanews.com/amp/us-confirms ... 60671.html
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Dark Brandon seized a million barrels of oil, fined the Greek that owned the ship 2.5 million and then Iran retaliated.
What would Ronald Reagan do?
Should the USA bomb Iran ?
Them camel jockeys are sitting on our oil!