Tammy Bruce, Department Spokesperson
April 10,
2025
The U.S. Department of State is today sanctioning
a second China-based terminal operator, Guangsha Zhoushan
Energy Group Co Ltd, which received at least eight Iranian
crude oil cargos in the past several years. The Department
of State is also designating three vessel management
companies for their involvement in the transport of Iranian
petroleum and identifying two vessels as blocked property of
two of these companies.
The United States is committed
to aggressively implementing and enforcing sanctions
targeting Iran’s entire oil supply chain, including
sanctioning those who help Iran evade sanctions and export
Iranian oil to China.
Additionally, the U.S.
Department of the Treasury is concurrently designating UAE-
and India-based entities and blocking nearly 30 vessels
involved in shipping Iranian oil.
Today’s action
advances President Trump’s policy of maximum pressure to
deny the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran all
paths to a nuclear weapon and counter the regime’s malign
influence. These sanctions will curtail the flow of revenue
the Iranian regime uses to finance its destabilizing
activities and are part of President Trump’s commitment to
drive Iran’s export of oil to zero — especially oil
exports to China.
We will continue to curb illicit
funding that funds Iran’s malign activities, limit the
financial resources available to corrupt regime officials,
and use all the tools at our disposal to hold the regime
accountable.
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Today’s actions are being taken
pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13846, which authorizes
and reimposes certain sanctions with respect to Iran, and
Executive Order (E.O.) 13902, which targets Iran’s
petroleum and petrochemical sectors, and marks the fifth
round of sanctions targeting Iranian oil sales since the
President issued National
Security Presidential Memorandum 2 on February
4, 2025, ordering a campaign of maximum pressure on
Iran.
