The U.S. Justice Department has indicted nine individuals, including the son of the late IRGC commander and oil minister Rostam Ghasemi, along with Quds Force officers, as part of a crackdown on Iran's illicit oil trafficking network. The network is accused of funding terrorist organizations such as the IRGC, Hamas, and Hizballah. The U.S. has seized over $108 million and more than 500,000 barrels of Iranian oil, which were allegedly trafficked illegally. The indictment spans three cases across two U.S. Attorneys offices and involves charges of terrorism, sanctions-evasion, fraud, and money laundering. The DOJ alleges that the China Oil & Petroleum Company Limited, an IRGC front company, attempted to launder money through U.S. financial institutions. This action is part of the Biden administration's efforts to counter Iran's criminal activities on U.S. soil and globally.
The United States on Friday announced terrorism and sanctions-evasion charges and seizures linked to a billion-dollar oil trafficking network that it says finances Iran's IRGC and other militant groups. #IRGC | #Iran | #oil https://t.co/dkoNy8SEYD
US Justice Department Announces Terrorism and Sanctions-Evasion Charges and Seizures Linked to Illicit, Billion-Dollar Global Oil Trafficking Network That Finances Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Its Malign Activities https://t.co/z1Z7fnUmqO
US moves to seize more than 500,000 barrels of Iranian oil it says was illegally trafficked https://t.co/ckzSrqTdbp
Today @SDNYLIVE unsealing terrorism, sanctions-evasion, fraud, and money laundering charges against 7 in an oil-laundering network orchestrated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Qods Force. The defendants include a senior Qods Force official. https://t.co/tRBJTzTLQn
The Biden administration has charged members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard in multiple criminal cases, accusing them of illicitly trafficking oil to fund terrorist organizations, including Hamas and Hezbollah. https://t.co/5NbSWj5TM1
US moves to seize more than 500,000 barrels of Iranian oil it says was illegally trafficked (from @AP) https://t.co/JIC3dxoM0d
Biden administration hits back at Iran with seizures, sanctions https://t.co/WfFK8MQ20L
US moves to seize more than 500,000 barrels of Iranian oil it says was illegally trafficked, reports AP
US unveils charges, seizures linked to Iranian oil network https://t.co/uwm7zlrSo8 https://t.co/0vZZPdnSEa
US charges nine over Iranian oil smuggling https://t.co/RnAS8rH0nC
#Iran: The US DOJ seized more than $108 million that it said China Oil & Petroleum Company Limited, which it called an IRGC front company, attempted to launder through accounts at U.S. financial institutions. The department said more than 500,000 barrels of Iran's sanctioned oil… https://t.co/NbQE9oPD3c
US unveils charges, seizures linked to Iranian oil network #oott #Iran https://t.co/nRmSFZerDn
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 The US finally went after Iran’s activity on our soil. Iran utilizes the proceeds of its black-market oil sales to fund its criminal activities, including its support of the IRGC, Hamas, Hizballah, and other Iranian aligned terrorist groups. The US seized over $108… https://t.co/T5xtosGfFV
The DOJ finally went after Iran. Iran utilizes the proceeds of its black-market oil sales to fund its criminal activities, including its support of the IRGC, Hamas, Hizballah, and other Iranian aligned terrorist groups. The US seized over $108 million and 500,000 barrels of… https://t.co/Dn5CDUDfju
#BREAKING: @TheJusticeDept has indicted the son of the late #IRGCterrorists commander and oil minister Rostam Ghasemi along with Quds Force officers in the unsealing of three cases across two U.S. Attorneys offices targeting #Iran oil sanctions evasion. https://t.co/vGRS0F77OO
⚠️ US ANNOUNCES CHARGES AND SEIZURES LINKED TO IRAN'S ILLICIT OIL TRAFFICKING NETWORK -DOJ (Reuters) The U.S. Justice Department on Friday announced terrorism and sanctions-evasion charges and seizures linked to the illicit, billion-dollar oil trafficking network that finances…