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Iran’s last tanker, in a group of three, arrived at a port in Venezuela in the latest Iranian challenge to US sanctions on Tehran.
An informed source confirmed the news to “Reuters”, as well as data from the economic analysis and information company “Refinitiv”.
The Iranian tanker docked at the port of Guaraguao, in eastern Venezuela, on Sunday after President Nicolás Maduro promised to restore fuel supplies to normal in the country suffering from a lack of gasoline.
The three tankers, which began arriving days ago, contain about 820,000 barrels of fuel to the South American country, where severe gasoline shortages have sparked a wave of protests in recent weeks.
Maduro announced a new plan to distribute gasoline with quotas a few days ago, starting today, Monday. The other two tankers had previously docked at refineries in western and central Venezuela.
Iran and Venezuela have strengthened their economic cooperation this year as Washington tightens its sanctions on the two countries’ oil industries.
Four Iranian tankers arrived at Venezuelan ports in late May, defying sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran and Venezuela, and their arrival coincided with Tehran’s warnings against exposure to these tankers.
Although the two countries are subject to strict US sanctions, Washington did not move to intercept Iranian ships that delivered fuel to Venezuela from May to June.
In July, however, the United States seized a separate group of Iranian shipments bound for Venezuela, saying it did so in compliance with a court ruling stating that proceeds from the shipments will flow to the account of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, which is classified as a terrorist in Washington.
And in 2018, US President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and reimposed sanctions, including those related to the Iranian oil sector.
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