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Protesting Retirees in Cities Across Iran Chant Slogans Against Regime Officials

Sia Rajabi
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Protesting Retirees in Cities Across Iran Chant Slogans Against Regime Officials

As the economic crisis deepens and Iran’s regime fails to address the demands of various segments of society, retirees once again held protest gatherings across multiple cities. During these demonstrations, they chanted slogans against the officials of the regime in protest of the neglect of their economic and professional demands.

Protests by retirees from the Social Security Organization, as well as from the steel and mining sectors, took place on Sunday, April 20, in various cities including Isfahan, Ahvaz, Tehran, Rasht, Sari, Shahroud, Shush, Qaemshahr, Kerman, and Kermanshah.

Nationwide Protests by Retirees Highlight Deepening Economic Crisis in Iran

Videos circulating on social media show retirees chanting slogans such as “From Khuzestan to Gilan / Death to the officials,” “Ghalibaf, have some shame / Leave the parliament,” and “Hey lying government / Where are the results of your promises?”

Other slogans chanted by the protesters included: “Only in the streets / can we win our rights,” “No to humiliation, no to disgrace / Death to this justice,” “No handouts, no charity / Give us our rights with dignity,” “Unity, unity / against poverty and corruption,” and “We won’t live under oppression / We sacrifice our lives for freedom / Shame on this life, shame on this life.”

Protests by Oil, Gas Workers and Metro Employees

A group of Tehran Metro employees held a protest on Sunday, April 20, in front of the municipality and city council buildings.

These protesters voiced objections to the management’s performance and the non-payment of their wages.

According to the regime-aligned ILNA news agency, the workers’ demands included “No to changing the bylaws, independence of the Operating Company, full implementation of the Supreme Labor Council’s wage resolution, and no to unregulated hiring.”

At the same time, contract workers of the Gachsaran Oil and Gas Company held a protest, demanding the removal of intermediary contracting companies and the establishment of direct employment contracts.

In their protest, they declared: “We expect the employment reform bill to be passed immediately and the contractor system for workforce management to be dismantled.”

Contract workers at the 12th refinery of South Pars in Bushehr also stopped working for the third consecutive day on April 20, protesting the non-payment of their overtime wages.

These workers told ILNA: “So far, no official has responded to these protests. This behavior shows not only disregard for our rights but also disrespect toward the workers.”

In recent years, retirees and workers have repeatedly held protests and marches across various Iranian cities over the regime’s failure to meet their demands.

The worsening living conditions of workers, retirees, and pensioners has led to a sharp rise in the number of their protests in recent years.

The human rights website HRANA reported on March 19 that in the year 2024, at least 3,702 protests and strikes took place across various sectors throughout the country.

 

Iran’s Water Crisis Turns into a Catastrophe

Mehdi Hosseini
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Iran’s Water Crisis Turns into a Catastrophe

Amid continued warnings about water shortages and the drought crisis in Iran, Ahad Vazifeh, head of the National Center for Climate and Drought Crisis Management at Iran’s Meteorological Organization, said the country has turned into a “sieve” due to numerous illegal wells and excessive extraction from legal wells.

Speaking to ISNA, a regime-affiliated news agency, on Saturday, April 19, Vazifeh said: “We have turned the country into a sieve by digging numerous unauthorized wells and over-extracting from legal ones.”

The official added: “Over 80 percent of the over-extraction is from legal wells. This situation cannot continue in the long term because the volume of groundwater reservoirs is finite. The lower the water table drops, the saltier it becomes, and its quality declines.”

Warnings About Iran’s Drought Crisis Coinciding with World Water Day

He noted that water shortages have worsened in major cities like Tehran, saying: “In the capital, even with normal rainfall, the city teeters on the brink of a water crisis—let alone if the rainfall is below average.”

In recent weeks and months, warnings have increased about water shortages, depleted dam capacities, and the Iranian regime’s inability to manage the drought crisis.

On April 14, Mehdi Pirhadi, head of Tehran City Council’s Health Commission, said the capital is experiencing “extreme thirst” due to reduced rainfall, and the decline in water quality has pushed people toward using bottled water.

On April 7, the state-run Ham-Mihan newspaper warned that the country is on the verge of a “full-scale water catastrophe” and, ultimately, severe drought, cautioning that the lack of water will threaten both people’s livelihoods and the nation’s very survival.

In another part of his interview with ISNA, Vazifeh said: “One of Tehran’s main challenges is that most of its drinking water comes from underground. The city consumes about 40 cubic meters of water per second, and 24 cubic meters of that comes from groundwater sources.”

He cited “lack of water flow toward plains, reduced rainfall, and excessive extraction through well digging” as causes for land subsidence in southern Tehran, saying: “Gradually, the subsidence is creeping into the city, just as it has spread from southern Isfahan into the city center.”

On April 6, MP Abolfazl Aboutorabi warned of a potential “water war” between provinces, stating: “Tehran is facing an extremely critical and dangerous situation, and provinces like Fars, Baluchestan, and other eastern regions are also dealing with similar problems.”

On March 15, Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni also described Iran’s water shortage as a serious issue and urged people to “prioritize water consumption management.”

Official statistics show that around 80 percent of Iran’s groundwater resources have been used up, and dam reservoirs are in a critical state.

Experts had previously warned that Iran’s thousand-year-old groundwater reserves have been depleted within just the past three decades.

 

Dollar and Gold Prices in Iran Drop to Lowest Level Since Trump’s Return to White House Amid Ongoing US-Iran Negotiations

Hoshang Amiri
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Dollar and Gold Prices in Iran Drop to Lowest Level Since Trump’s Return to White House Amid Ongoing US-Iran Negotiations

With the conclusion of the second round of negotiations between the Iranian regime and the United States in Rome, the value of the U.S. dollar in Iran dropped to its lowest level since February, when Donald Trump returned to the White House. Last week, following the previous round of talks, the dollar experienced a significant drop but quickly resumed an upward trend.

On Saturday morning, April 19, the dollar traded at around 850,000 rials in Tehran’s market. As trading began, the price rose to over 860,000 rials. However, following the release of positive news by pro-regime media in Iran regarding the second round of negotiations held in Rome, the dollar’s value dropped to about 824,000 rials.

The current exchange rate shows a 3% decrease compared to Thursday, April 17, when the dollar was trading around 856,000 rials.

Iran’s Rial Continues to Plummet in New Persian Year

In the previous round, the dollar’s rate on Saturday, April 12, had dropped about 7% compared to Thursday, April 10. On Thursday, April 10, the dollar had been around 1,001,100 rials, but after the talks on April 12, it dropped to 928,000 rials.

This trend continued on Sunday, April 13, with the dollar falling by around 9% to 847,000 rials. However, on Monday, it rebounded by about 5%, reaching around 892,000 rials.

Currently, the dollar is trading at approximately 825,000 rials.

This is the lowest dollar rate since January 27, the day Donald Trump returned to the White House for a second term and subsequently issued an order to reinstate maximum pressure on the Iranian regime.

During this period, the dollar peaked on April 7, reaching 1,058,900 rials.

The gold market followed the currency market. The price per gram of gold, which was 68,600,000 rials on Thursday, April 17, has now dropped by 4% to 65,630,000 rials.

 

Iranian Students Protest Dangerous Cafeteria Conditions Amid Official Indifference

Esmaeil Mohades
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Iranian Students Protest Dangerous Cafeteria Conditions Amid Official Indifference

From cockroaches and lizards to flies and glass shards, in recent days, images of food served in university cafeterias across Iran have repeatedly made headlines and shocked students who rely on campus meals.

This report shares further details by interviewing students from universities in various cities across Iran.

The incident began on February 24. The “Amirkabir” student newsletter reported that a used syringe tip was found in a meal served at the cafeteria of Iran University of Science and Technology.

Due to the Nowruz holidays and university closures, the report did not receive much attention at first. However, after universities reopened on April 9, a student at Kashan University found a lizard in his plate of rice at the cafeteria, took a photo, and shared it online using the hashtag “lizard rice.”

Other students, upon seeing the incident, protested the quality and safety of the food served at Kashan University’s cafeteria. However, according to reports, one official mockingly responded: “Well, that’s good! We’re giving you Chinese food!”

Videos circulated online show that after hearing this irresponsible response, students at Kashan University of Medical Sciences went on a hunger strike and formed a 200-meter line of food trays in the university courtyard to express their protest.

On April 13, the Student Union of Bu-Ali Sina University in Hamedan issued an official statement expressing regret over the “deplorable, unacceptable, and unsanitary” conditions of their cafeteria.

Before the statement was released, students had reported finding plastic, insects, and worms in their meals, and had protested multiple times. However, in the most recent incident, shards of glass were found in the food.

Most students have no choice but to use university cafeteria food—many cannot afford meals from outside, and many don’t have the time to cook.

University of Tabriz and a live worm in student meals

Shortly after the events in Hamedan, students at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences protested. A live worm was found in student meals served at the university cafeteria.

Student protests about their lives and health being treated carelessly have led nowhere, and university officials continue to deny the incidents.

At the same time, students at Alzahra University in Tehran also reported finding flies and plastic in their food and expressed their protest by lining up food trays in the university courtyard.

Previously, student sources had reported that over 240 students in Iran had been hospitalized in the past year due to food poisoning.

Only six months after a major food poisoning incident among students at the Shushtar University of Medical Sciences, the news of 25 more students falling ill at Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences has sounded a serious alarm about the hygiene and nutrition standards at medical universities in Khuzestan province.

Iran’s regime shows no concern for the condition of students, and regime officials make no effort to improve the situation. Meanwhile, students continue to express their protest against this dire state by organizing gatherings nearly every day for one reason or another.

 

Iranian Regime Atomic Energy Organization Protests IAEA Reports

Sia Rajabi
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Iranian Regime Atomic Energy Organization Protests IAEA Reports

Behrouz Kamalvandi, the deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran’s regime, said on Friday, April 18, in an interview with Iranian media, that during the recent visit of Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to Tehran, “some of his interviews” were met with objections.

The regime-affiliated website Fararu quoted Kamalvandi as saying: “Specifically, there was an objection to Mr. Grossi’s recent remarks about Iran’s 60% enriched uranium stockpile, which he equated to seven atomic bombs.”

In its latest report on February 26, the IAEA announced that the Iranian regime had significantly increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium over the past three months, and if this trend continues, the uranium reserves could theoretically be enough to build six nuclear bombs.

The Director General of the IAEA returned to Vienna on Thursday, April 17, after two days of talks with Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian regime’s foreign minister, and Mohammad Eslami, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization.

Rafael Grossi is expected to attend the second round of negotiations between Iran and the United States, which will be held on Saturday, April 19, in Rome, the capital of Italy.

Grossi has emphasized that an agreement between the Iranian regime and the United States will not be credible without the involvement of the IAEA.

In another part of his remarks to Iranian media, Kamalvandi stated that during Grossi’s recent visit to Tehran, “two Iranian officials, in separate meetings, stressed Iran’s firm stance against threats and warned that the Islamic Republic would deliver a strong response to any threat.”

The spokesperson of the regime’s Atomic Energy Organization announced that the IAEA Deputy Director General will travel to Tehran in two weeks for the “continuation of high-level technical negotiations.”

 

UN Special Rapporteur Warns About Transfer of Death Row Prisoners in Iran

Mehdi Hosseini
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UN Special Rapporteur Warns About Transfer of Death Row Prisoners in Iran

Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran, expressed deep concern over reports of the forced transfer of five political prisoners sentenced to death from Ward 4 of Evin Prison to Ghezel Hesar Prison.

On Thursday, April 17, Sato posted on X (formerly Twitter), recalling that in her latest report to the UN Human Rights Council she had also warned about conditions in Evin Prison.

She reiterated concerns about reports of unrest and instability in the prison following the transfer of inmates, stating that this situation has created a dangerous environment.

Meanwhile, political prisoner Golrokh Iraee, in a letter from Evin Prison, warned against society’s “numbness” to news of executions, following the transfer of Hamid Hosseinnezhad Heydaranlou for execution.

Criticizing the general response to the issuance, confirmation, and enforcement of death sentences in Iran, she wrote: “We who oppose the death penalty, sitting freely in our homes or behind our desks, watching every move from our high-security phones lest we be identified.”

The UN Special Rapporteur noted the broad impact of executions, emphasizing that the harm goes beyond the direct victims—it devastates families, causes psychological harm to other prisoners, and triggers waves of grief and anxiety throughout society. She described these impacts as “immeasurable.”

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Sato concluded by highlighting the ongoing concerns over the Iranian regime’s use of the death penalty, stating that these cases once again underscore the need for oversight and accountability. She added, “I will closely follow this situation. The international community must not remain silent in the face of these events.”

Five Political Prisoners at Risk of Execution

Meanwhile, warnings have been issued that a group of political prisoners held in Evin Prison may be transferred to Ghezel Hesar.

Among them are five political prisoners—Babak Alipour, Vahid Bani-Amerian, Pouya Ghobadi, Mohammad Taghavi, and Ali-Akbar Daneshvarkar—who have been sentenced to death on charges of “supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK).”

History PMOI/MEK – 1979 Iran Revolution

Security forces had planned to transfer these five-death row political prisoners from Evin to Ghezel Hesar, but the transfer was halted due to protests from other prisoners.

If these prisoners are transferred to Ghezel Hesar, the risk of their execution increases.

Executions Double in Recent Months

In the first three months of 2025, the Iranian regime hanged at least 230 prisoners across its prisons. This figure is more than double the 110 executions recorded during the same period last year.

According to Amnesty International’s annual report, Iran accounted for over 64% of all documented executions worldwide in 2024, with at least 972 recorded cases, placing the Iranian regime at the top of the global execution ranking.

 

Organ Trafficking Crisis in Iran

Sia Rajabi
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Organ Trafficking Crisis in Iran

A group of people were caught selling vital organs such as kidneys, ears, or corneas from desperate individuals for exorbitant amounts—up to 700 billion rials (approximately $700,000)—to wealthy Iranian families.

According to the regime-run Hamshahri newspaper, the sellers included five Iraqi and four Iranian men. Exploiting legal loopholes and using false promises, they brought foreign nationals—including citizens of Iraq, Syria, Sudan, and Bangladesh—into Iran.

These individuals were from extremely impoverished backgrounds in their home countries and agreed to sell their vital organs in hopes of receiving dollar payments. However, the bulk of the profit went to middlemen and traffickers in the ring.

The amounts this trafficking ring received for organ sales ranged from 100 to 700 billion rials (approximately $100,000 to $700,000).

Iran: Sale of Body Organs Spikes as Poverty Increases

If the target had a highly compatible blood type and passed all medical tests, the price of their organs increased.

On the other side, brokers usually identified families with financial means who were seeking kidneys for sick relatives.

In such cases, the patients’ families were willing to spend billions of rials to purchase a kidney matching their relative’s blood type in an attempt to save their life.

This case is particularly significant due to its organized structure and the extensive network involved.

The group began by identifying individuals from Iraq, Sudan, and Syria who were willing to sell their organs and negotiated with them.

They then arranged passports, handled embassy procedures, and finally obtained plane tickets for their entry into Iran.

The suspects transported their victims to locations in the Dolatabad district of Shahr-e Rey and kept them in unsanitary conditions until it was time for their surgery.

Notably, these surgeries were performed in officially licensed hospitals under the supervision of Iran’s Ministry of Health, which itself is a sign of regulatory failure and systemic corruption within Iran’s healthcare system.

In recent months and years, numerous reports have been published in Iranian media about workers and citizens who, in protest of unpaid wages or due to worsening living conditions, resorted to selling their organs and later suffered death or severe physical complications.

As poverty continues to spread rapidly across Iran, many people have turned to selling body parts such as kidneys and corneas to cover basic living needs. In some cases, individuals have even offered to sell their hearts—effectively agreeing to die—in a desperate attempt to lift their families out of poverty.

In the past year, the growing market for the sale and purchase of sperm, eggs, embryos, and surrogate wombs has also come under increasing scrutiny.

Social experts and medical professionals have repeatedly warned that this situation is a direct result of poverty, unemployment, and the drastic decline in people’s ability to afford basic living expenses.

The response of official and governmental institutions in Iran to this crisis has been entirely ineffective and contradictory.

While advertisements for kidney sales are easily found on platforms like Divar (a popular Iranian classifieds app) and on social media, the laws related to organ transplantation remain vague and incomplete.

According to a report by the state-run Tejarat News website, several teenagers and young adults between the ages of 16 and 22 told the outlet that they have turned to selling their kidneys or bone marrow out of financial desperation.

The report notes that younger age is considered an advantage for organ donors, making it easier for these youth to find buyers and receive the amount they seek.

Currently, kidneys are priced between 3 to 6 billion rials (approximately $30,000 to $60,000) in Iran’s organ sales market.

A 16-year-old named Hamid, who is one of the kidney sellers, told Tejarat News that he is even willing to sell his organ “a bit cheaper” due to his extreme financial need.

 

Hamid Hoseinnezhad Faces Imminent Execution in Iran

Jubin Katiraie
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Hamid Hoseinnezhad Faces Imminent Execution in Iran

The political prisoner Hamid Hoseinnezhad Heydaranlu, who has been sentenced to death, has been transferred from the political ward of Urmia Central Prison to the prison’s quarantine section. Human rights sources reported that this transfer, along with the Supreme Court’s confirmation of his sentence, has intensified concerns about the imminent risk of his execution.

Human rights organizations reported on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, that Hamid Hoseinnezhad Heydaranlu has been transferred to the quarantine ward of Urmia Prison and stated that this move puts him on the verge of imminent execution.

Hoseinnezhad’s family has been informed to visit the prison for a final meeting, and his lawyer has written that the execution is scheduled to be carried out on Friday, April 18, 2025.

At the same time, the human rights website Hengaw also reported on his transfer to one of Urmia Prison’s solitary confinement cells, stating that his life is in danger.

Previously, on March 29, 2025, Branch 9 of Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Hoseinnezhad Heydaranlu without any changes. The ruling was formally delivered to him in Urmia Prison.

In July 2024, Hoseinnezhad was tried by Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Urmia, presided over by Judge Najafzadeh. He was sentenced to death on the charge of “armed rebellion through membership in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).”

The death sentence was issued despite the fact that he had denied all charges against him during the court session.

The Iranian regime’s Ministry of Intelligence, without providing any evidence, accused Hoseinnezhad of cooperating with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The judge, disregarding his defense, issued a death sentence in a court session lasting only a few minutes, solely based on what is referred to as the “judge’s knowledge” — a vague concept that allows rulings without hard evidence.

Hoseinnezhad, born in 1985 and a father of three, had been working as a “kolbar” — a porter who carries goods across Iran’s mountainous western borders — to make ends meet in recent years.

The Expansion of The “No to Executions Tuesdays” Campaign To 40 Prisons Across Iran

He was arrested by border patrol forces on April 13, 2023, near the Chaldoran border crossing. After a few hours of interrogation, he was transferred to the Intelligence Department’s detention facility in Urmia.

Hoseinnezhad was subjected to psychological and physical torture for 11 months and 10 days in order to extract forced confessions regarding his alleged participation in an armed clash between PKK members and Iranian regime border forces. Interrogators forced him to sign pre-written documents.

In recent months, the rising number of executions as well as the issuance and confirmation of death sentences for political prisoners in Iran has triggered a wave of protests both inside the country and internationally.

In the latest example, a group of families of political prisoners sentenced to death gathered in front of Evin Prison on April 15, 2025, during the 64th week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign. The campaign includes hunger strikes by prisoners in 40 prisons across the country.

According to human rights sources, around 60 individuals in prisons across Iran are currently under death sentences on political or national security-related charges.

 

National Development Fund of Iran Drained by Regime Mismanagement and Military Control

Mehdi Hosseini
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National Development Fund of Iran Drained by Regime Mismanagement and Military Control

Statistics from the Iranian regime’s Majlis (parliament) Research Center show that since the establishment of the National Development Fund in 2011 until March 2024, about 82% of its $161 billion revenue has been spent, and 88% of the loans disbursed were allocated to the government and public institutions such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Of the $132 billion in loans disbursed by the fund over 13 years, only $8 billion has been repaid. An additional $18 billion, despite reaching maturity, remains unpaid and has turned into overdue loans.

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The parliamentary research report shows that by March 2024, the fund’s foreign currency reserves stood at only $26.5 billion. After subtracting $6.5 billion in outstanding foreign exchange obligations, only $20 billion remains in manageable assets for Iran’s National Development Fund.

The fund has yet to release its report for the previous fiscal year, which ended on March 20, 2025. However, reviews show that last year the government borrowed at least $10 billion from the fund — either directly (via approval from regime supreme leader Ali Khamenei) or by seizing part of the fund’s share of oil export revenues. According to the current year’s budget law, the government is also expected to borrow at least $9.4 billion from the projected $16 billion in oil revenue allocated to the fund.

This financial institution was established 14 years ago to save a portion of the country’s oil revenues and provide loans to the private sector, replacing the former “Foreign Exchange Reserve Account.” In practice, however, the government and military forces have seized control of most of the fund’s financial resources. Only $14 billion — less than 10% of the total — has been allocated to the private sector, and given the widespread corruption and cronyism, it is unlikely that even this amount was distributed to genuine private enterprises.

If no further unexpected withdrawals are made by the government by the end of the current year, total government debt to the fund will exceed $125 billion.

The key issue is that the government lacks the financial resources to repay its debts. For the current year, the Iranian regime has projected daily oil exports of 1.8 million barrels, with one-third of that allocated directly to the military. If the National Development Fund is also turned into a direct oil exporter, the government would effectively be sidelined in Iran’s oil export sector.

While Iran’s National Development Fund now holds less than $20 billion in manageable assets, data from the Global SWF (Sovereign Wealth Fund) Institute shows that the total reserves of oil-related sovereign wealth funds in the Persian Gulf countries and Azerbaijan have surpassed $3.6 trillion.

In addition to the $3.6 trillion in oil-related funds, these neighboring countries also hold an equivalent amount in other sovereign wealth funds.

For example, the United Arab Emirates operates eight sovereign wealth funds worth a combined $2.3 trillion. Only one of them, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), is oil-related, and it alone manages over $1.1 trillion in assets.

Beyond the $6.7 trillion in oil-related or independent sovereign wealth funds, public pension funds in Iran’s oil-rich neighboring countries also hold $650 billion in assets. In contrast, Iran’s public pension funds have effectively gone bankrupt for years and are reliant on government funding.

Additionally, the central banks of Arab Persian Gulf countries hold over $850 billion in foreign currency reserves. By comparison, according to the Global SWF Institute, the Central Bank of Iran holds only $25 billion in reserves, most of which has been loaned to the government or domestic banks.

The National Development Fund’s share of the region’s sovereign wealth fund value doesn’t even reach half a percent, even though Iran holds the largest gas reserves in the region and the second-largest oil reserves after Saudi Arabia.

Iran’s oil production ranks third in the region after Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and it produces more natural gas than any other country in the region.

Decades of misguided policymaking, widespread corruption, and plunder-based management have worked hand-in-hand with international sanctions to bankrupt Iran’s financial institutions one after another.

 

U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Shipping Companies and Oil Tankers Linked to Iran’s Regime

Hoshang Amiri
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U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Shipping Companies and Oil Tankers Linked to Iran’s Regime

Reuters, quoting the U.S. Department of the Treasury on Wednesday, reported that new sanctions have been imposed on shipping companies and oil tankers operating under the framework of U.S. sanctions programs related to Iran.

The sanctions target seven entities and five oil tankers. The companies named in this round of sanctions are registered in several countries, including Panama, Hong Kong, Malaysia, China, and the Marshall Islands.

The U.S. Treasury Department also sanctioned an independent Chinese refinery named Shandong Shengxing Chemical for purchasing over $1 billion worth of crude oil from the Iranian regime.

According to the department, any refinery or company involved in the purchase or trade of Iranian oil exposes itself to serious risk. The U.S. remains committed to disrupting the Iranian regime’s oil supply chain, which it says is used to fund proxy terrorist groups.

According to the statement, the new sanctions also cover six other companies, including Bestla Company Limited from the Marshall Islands, Civic Capital Shipping and Oceanic Orbit Incorporated and Starboard Shipping from Panama, Pro Mission SDN BHD from Malaysia, and Dexiang Shipping from Hong Kong and China.

These companies have been sanctioned for their role in the transport and sale of Iranian oil and for cooperating with entities affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

In addition, five oil tankers—Bestla, EGRET, NYANTARA, and RANI flying the Panamanian flag, and RESTON flying the Cameroonian flag—have also been sanctioned for their involvement in transporting Iranian oil and working with the blacklisted companies.

 

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