Iran Bypasses Oil Embargo Under US Nose

The first Iranian tanker carrying fuel reached the Venezuelan coast on Sunday afternoon, despite US threats.

The oil vessel Fortune left the Iranian port of Shahid Rajaee 72 days ago to assist Venezuela in dealing with a fuel shortage caused by the blackout of an oil refinery in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Four more Iranian oil tankers are expected to arrive in the coming days. In total, Iran has sent 1.53 million barrels of fuel to Venezuela. What does this delivery mean for Iranian fuel exports in light of the US threats?

Seyyed Saeed Mirtorabi Hosseini, an Iranian oil and gas analyst, academic at Kharazmi University, told Sputnik:

Iran Bypasses Oil Embargo Under US Nose

A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields seen alongside an Iranian flag

The expert stressed that the US is unlikely to launch an attack on Iran’s tankers in the Atlantic Ocean or near the Venezuelan coast, as such a manoeuvre would cost them dearly:

Mohammad Sadegh Jokar, a political economy and scientific expert at the Institute for International Energy Studies (IIES) under the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum, said this fuel supply by tankers was the first strike of a new coalition front against the United States:

Iran Bypasses Oil Embargo Under US Nose

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The Iranian expert thus believes that the successful sending of these tankers to Venezuelan is a failure of Trump’s international sanctions policy against Venezuela. 

According to Mohammad Sadegh Jokar, Iran is sending a signal that Trump’s policy has not been successful in the Middle East, and is trying to prevent it from succeeding in Latin America as well. 

Jokar is also convinced that there will be no military attacks by the US on the next Iranian oil tankers heading for the coast of Venezuela, as Washington’s threats were only a bluff:

Iran Bypasses Oil Embargo Under US Nose

US President Donald Trump speaks with members of the business community while visiting the Ford Rawsonville Components Plant, which is making ventilators and medical supplies, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Ypsilanti, Michigan, U.S.

According to Jokar, the US can only respond with a more aggressive infowar. The likely steps that the Americans will take against Iran and Venezuela, he believes, are to create an atmosphere in the media in which they will, for example, accuse the Venezuelan government of allegedly stealing currency reserves in order to survive and pay for Iranian aid.

The Iranian expert noted that Russia also plays an important role in the anti-sanctions’ energy alliance against the US and gave an example that countries under US sanctions may try to trade through non-dollar mechanisms:

Sourse: sputniknews.com

Iran Bypasses Oil Embargo Under US Nose

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