Overview
- The Treasury announced sanctions on more than two dozen people, companies, and vessels linked to oil shipper Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani.
- Officials also blacklisted Seyed Naiemaei Badroddin Moosavi and three firms over an oil‑for‑gold scheme that swapped Iranian crude proceeds for Venezuelan gold.
- Treasury said the oil‑for‑gold network moved funds for Hezbollah and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force.
- U.S. Central Command said it redirected an Iranian‑flagged cargo ship as it enforced a Strait of Hormuz blockade that has turned back ten vessels with none getting through.
- The United States will not renew a waiver that had allowed some Iranian oil at sea and let a similar waiver for Russian oil expire, according to Reuters sources.