US Sanctions Hengli Refinery Over Iranian Oil Purchases

US Sanctions Hengli Refinery Over Iranian Oil Purchases

The United States Treasury has sanctioned Hengli Petrochemical, China’s second-largest independent “teapot” refinery, for its role in financing the Iranian military. Officials allege the refinery acted as a primary purchaser of Iranian crude, funneling hundreds of millions of dollars to Tehran. This move intensifies Washington’s broader campaign to dismantle Iran’s “shadow fleet” and starve the…

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US Lifts Sanctions on Venezuela Leader

The United States has lifted sanctions on Venezuela’s acting President, Delcy Rodriguez, marking a significant thaw in relations less than three months after a US military raid captured her predecessor, Nicolas Maduro. Rodriguez’s name was deleted from the “Specially Designated Nationals List,” according to a post on the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control…

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