{"id":328170,"date":"2026-04-22T15:25:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=328170"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:25:45","slug":"us-warns-vessels-individuals-aiding-iran-trade-of-sanctions-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=328170","title":{"rendered":"US Warns Vessels, Individuals Aiding Iran Trade Of Sanctions Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bessent-1100x1100-1-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-328171\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bessent-1100x1100-1-1024x686.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bessent-1100x1100-1-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bessent-1100x1100-1-768x515.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Bessent-1100x1100-1.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 15, 2026. REUTERS\/Evan Vucci\/File Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WASHINGTON, April 22\u00a0(NNN-Bernama-Anadolu) &#8212;\u00a0Any individuals or vessels involved in facilitating Iran\u2019s financial or oil trade networks could face United States (US) sanctions, the US Treasury secretary warned on Tuesday, Anadolu Ajansi reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US will continue a naval blockade of Iran\u2019s ports while intensifying financial pressure aimed at crippling the country\u2019s oil-driven economy, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn a matter of days, Kharg Island storage will be full and the fragile Iranian oil wells will be shut in. Constraining Iran\u2019s maritime trade directly targets the regime\u2019s primary revenue lifelines,\u201d he said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that his department will continue implementing what he called a \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d campaign to disrupt Iran\u2019s ability to generate, transfer and repatriate funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAny person or vessel facilitating these flows &#8211; through covert trade and finance\u2014risks exposure to US sanctions. We continue to freeze the funds stolen by the corrupt leadership on behalf of the people of Iran,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oil prices on Tuesday saw an extremely volatile session as President Donald Trump announced that a two-week ceasefire with Iran would be extended, while Washington keeps its naval blockade in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; NNN-BERNAMA-ANADOLU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, April 22\u00a0(NNN-Bernama-Anadolu) &#8212;\u00a0Any individuals or vessels involved in facilitating Iran\u2019s financial or oil trade networks could face United States (US) sanctions, the US Treasury secretary warned on Tuesday, Anadolu Ajansi reported. The US will continue a naval blockade of Iran\u2019s ports while intensifying financial pressure aimed at crippling the country\u2019s oil-driven economy, Treasury Secretary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":328171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213,208,215,300,209,291,341],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328170"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=328170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328172,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328170\/revisions\/328172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/328171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=328170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=328170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=328170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}