(Adnkronos) – The United States Department of the Treasury has issued sanctions against the Iranian Oil Minister, Mohsen Paknejad. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced this in a statement. “The Iranian regime continues to use proceeds from the nation’s vast oil resources to advance its narrow and alarming self-interests at the expense of the Iranian people,” the reasons read.
“The State Department is sanctioning three entities and identifying three vessels as blocked property,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce added. “These entities provide services to the ghost fleet vessels conducting ship-to-ship transfer operations outside port limits in Southeast Asia.” “The Iranian regime and its military are stealing the nation’s oil wealth with the help of Mohsen Paknejad, the head of the Iranian Oil Ministry,” Bruce explained, confirming that the Treasury will sanction him and “several entities that are shipping Iranian oil to China and will identify their vessels as blocked property.”
