Iran Press/America: The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control released a statement on Wednesday, announcing the sanctions hit 16 entities, 10 people including a former Iranian oil minister and his son, and 11 vessels.
Moreover, the sanctions include subsidiaries of an Indian firm with an interest in the Adrian Darya, the Iran-operated oil tanker Adrian Darya 1 that has set sail from Gibraltar, where it had been impounded for over a month, Reuters reported.
The vessel seized by Britain and held in Gibraltar for six weeks.
The United States has blacklisted the Iranian-operated supertanker Adrian Darya 1 and sanctioned its captain. 101/218
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