Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The United States is targeting facilitators of Iran's oil trade, as the Trump administration enforces its so-called maximum pressure campaign on the Tehran regime.
The sanctions were announced Thursday, targeting Greek national Antonios Margaritis and his network of international companies and their shipping vessels, as well as two Chinese port-terminal operators.
The Treasury said it sanctioned 49-year-old Antonios Margaritis, five of his companies based in the Marshall Islands and Hong Kong, as well as nearly a dozen tankers, on accusations of being involved in Iran's shadow fleet shipping industry that facilitates the sale and transport of the Islamic nation's oil.
Margaritis is accused of facilitating the transport of Iranian oil products for years.
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