Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice,
Iran has been using oil terminals and storage facilities in China to ship its oil to its biggest buyer and keep sanctioned tankers operating despite the U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil exports, Iran International reported on Monday, citing top-level confidential correspondence of the former Iranian leaders.
Iran is using oil terminals and storage facilities in China to keep sanctioned tankers operating despite US restrictions, according to a confidential document obtained by Iran International and information from Oil Ministry sources.https://t.co/QBfYPObdNQ pic.twitter.com/7hBAKTQGlY
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) November 9, 2026
Ali Shamkhani, who was a political adviser to the former supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, discussed in letters to Hamid Bovard, the former head of the National Iranian Oil Company and currently the acting oil minister as of early October, that Iranian authorities had instructed intermediaries to continue using shadow fleet vessels to keep trade with China alive, according to the confidential letters that Iran International has obtained.
Both Ali Khamenei and Ali Shamkhani were killed during the first U.S.-Is
