Tip of the iceberg.  One of many attempts by the IRI government to acquire tankers and organize schemes to avoid oil sanctions.  “Ten Iranian nationals charged with evading U.S. sanctions,” Dan Whitcomb, Reuters, March 19, 2021.

And they worked with the Iranian oil ministry in their purchase of two oil tankers.  “Iranian Nationals Charged with Conspiring to Evade U.S. Sanctions on Iran by Disguising $300 Million in Transactions Over Two Decades,” U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, Press Release, March 19, 2021.

“Iran says to cold test redesigned Arak nuclear reactor,” WHBL, March 19, 2021.