US Sanctions Iran’s Oil Minister

US Sanctions Iran’s Oil Minister
An oil tanker seized by Iranian naval forces at the Gulf port of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, on Oct. 31, 2022. IRNA/AFP via Getty Images
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The United States announced on March 13 that it has sanctioned Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad.

Under Paknejad, who has been in his role since August 2024, Iran has “allocated billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian oil to the Iranian armed forces, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iranian Law Enforcement Forces, both critical instruments in the regime’s tools of oppression,” according to the Treasury Department.
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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