Iran Says It's Found Ways to Dodge U.S. Oil Blockade
Iran pursues various tactics to bypass the U.S. blockade, which President Trump reimposed in the middle of July after the deal to make a deal collapsed, according to Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad. “The oil industry has not sat idle and has not stopped,” Iranian media quoted the minister as sa
Source: OilPrice.com
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DW NOTE
Iran announces it has circumvented US oil sanctions while the Strait of Hormuz enters its 189th day of blockade with only 6 ships transiting versus the normal 85 per day. The country closed the waterway itself in February, briefly reopened it under a June ceasefire, then shut it again in August. Whatever evasion methods Iran claims, they do not include moving oil through the chokepoint it mined.