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\u201cIranian Tankers Hide In Iraqi Waters To Ship Oil Abroad,\u201d<\/a> Irina Slav, OilPrice.com, October 23, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe Iraqi port of Al Faw is one regularly used point of transfer, according to the sources and the documents. There, Iranian tankers offload the crude to other vessels where it is mixed with oil from other sources, such as local crude, to avoid detection. Apparently, such transfers have grown into a lucrative business for the parties involved, who then sell the mixed oil as Iraqi. Ship-to-ship transfers, not just off the Iraqi coast but elsewhere, too, have become Iran\u2019s go-to method of getting its crude oil to foreign buyers amid the sanctions. While production of crude oil has declined substantially following the re-introduction of U.S. sanctions against Tehran, the country is still exporting over 800,000 bpd, as of the first half of this year, according to data from TankerTrackers.com. China is Iran\u2019s biggest oil buyer. In fact, as Simon Watkins reported earlier this month for Oilprice.com, China has been stocking up on cheap Iranian crude. Citing an unnamed oil industry source close to Tehran\u2019s oil ministry, Watkins said China took in some 8.1 million barrels of Iranian oil between June 1 and July 21. Official reports from China said the country had not imported any Iranian crude in June.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cExplainer: How Biden and Trump would remake the Iran nuclear deal,\u201d<\/a> Ben Piven, NPR, October 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Says It’s ‘Not Interested’ in Debate After Biden Warns It ‘Will Pay A Price’,\u201d<\/a> Tom O\u2019Connor, Newsweek, October 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

Tit for Tat.\u00a0 But check the record to see if the U.S. representatives were acting as the Iranian representatives.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran Puts Several US officials on Sanctions List,\u201d<\/a> IFP, October 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

Iran has sent an IRGC general to act as its ambassador to Yemen, a clear violation of international law and UN resolution.\u00a0 We all recognize how a diplomat should not act as a military commander on a foreign field.\u00a0 \u201cUS slams Iran for \u2018smuggling\u2019 envoy into Yemen,\u201d<\/a> Yemen Online, FRI, October 23, 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran\u2019s expanding tool kit for internal suppression,\u201d<\/a> Nicholas Carl, Critical Threats, October 23, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0These include disrupting domestic telecommunications to counter or preempt protests (blocking the internet), building a domestic intranet to reduce public reliance on foreign internet services, and monitoring and censoring communications.<\/p>\n

\u201cSyria fuel crisis eases as Iran delivers new oil supplies,\u201d<\/a> Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Reuters, October 23, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIranian Tankers Hide In Iraqi Waters To Ship Oil Abroad,\u201d Irina Slav, OilPrice.com, October 23, 2020.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe Iraqi port of Al Faw is one regularly used point of transfer, according to the sources and the documents. There, Iranian tankers offload the crude to other vessels where it is mixed with oil from other sources, such as … <\/p>\n

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