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Petroleum

Iranian oil tanker reappears in eastern Mediterranean

An Iranian oil tanker has reappeared in the eastern Mediterranean Sea months after it turned off its transponder, according to maritime data and experts tracking vessel movements.

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Petroleum Syria

Syrian businessmen accused of oil smuggling linked to luxury tourist project

A company linked to the Katerji brothers who are accused of smuggling oil for the Syrian regime has won a contract to develop a luxury tourist complex in Tartous.

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Petroleum

Cypriot front company owns tanker moving Iranian fuel to Venezuela

A mysterious Cypriot front company owns a tanker reportedly moving fuel from Iran to its ally Venezuela.

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Petroleum

National Iranian Tanker Company shuffling front companies for tanker fleet

Iran has shuffled the web of companies that own its oil tankers in recent months, forming five new firms in Belize while it shut down over a dozen front companies in the Carribean nation.

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Petroleum

Qods Force Moneyman’s Link to Subsidiary of Turkish Industrial Giant

One of Turkey’s largest industrial companies owns a firm in Iran linked to a businessman the US accused of moving money for the IRGC-QF.

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Petroleum

Mysterious Cargo Vessel Moving Between Iran and Syria

A mysterious cargo vessel linked to Iran’s illicit shipment of petroleum has been concealing its movements between Iran and Syria.

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Petroleum

From Panama to the UAE: Iranian Tanker Web

A network of Iranian front companies in Panama owns over 10 percent of the country’s flagged oil tankers, according to an investigation by Levant Networks, which has found a link between the shell companies and a UAE-based firm.

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Petroleum

Lebanese Front Company Offloads Iran-linked Tanker

A Beirut-based firm facilitating Iranian petroleum shipments has offloaded a tanker that helped move oil to Syria last fall, the latest move in a network the US alleges is supporting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

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IRGC Lebanon Petroleum

Revealed: Beirut-based Iranian Front Company’s Other Tanker

A Lebanon-registered firm facilitating Iranian petroleum shipments has acquired another oil tanker, another cog in a network the US alleges is supporting the IRGC.

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Petroleum

The Limassol Connection: Cypriot Firm Involved in Iranian Tanker Shipping

A Cypriot firm owned by a Chinese national is part of the broad commercial network involved with Iran’s fleet of oil tankers, according to data reviewed by Levant Networks.