US DoS sanctions 7 entities for facilitating illicit trade of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products, by falsifying documents and hiding shipment origins to evade sanctions and generate revenue

This move is part of the ongoing U.S. strategy to disrupt sanctions evasion networks that enable the Iranian regime to circumvent restrictions and generate revenue for destabilizing activities. The sanctions target entities engaged in the purchase, sale, and transport of Iranian petrochemical and petroleum products, as well as shipping facilitators who obfuscate and deceive in order to move these goods across borders…