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Iranian oil smuggling network, Hezbollah gold scheme sanctioned by US

( April 15, 2026, 20:17 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned more than two dozen individuals, companies and vessels operating within the network of Iranian oil shipping magnate Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, a son of now-deceased senior Iranian security official Ali Shamkhani. The OFAC also targeted Iranian illicit oil and gold smuggling that it said serve as part of the regime’s financing streams for terrorist activities.Full statement follows:...

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