*treasury: Us Is Targeting The Remnants Of Irans Shadow Fleet US Treasury Secretary Bessent: We will keep exposing those who enable Iran’s oil sales
Operation Economic Outcast Neutralizes Iranian Regimes Remaining Shadow Fleet Network Today, as part of Operation Economic Outcast, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is targeting the remnants of Irans shadow fleet: the aging network of tankers the regime relies on to move billions of dollars worth of petroleum and petroleum products to foreign markets. Todays action effectively neutralizes the vast majority of Irans remaining shadow fleet network. Treasury is starving the tyrannical regime in Tehran of the money it uses to wage war in the region, and we will continue exposing those who enable the regimes oil sales, said Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. No enabler of Iranian sanctions evasion is safe from the full force of Treasurys authorities. With the success of the U.S. militarys blockade, dwindling Iranian oil shipments outside the blockage line, and intensifying economic pressure across sectors from Operation Economic Outcast, the regime is running out of options to stabilize Irans failing economy. OFAC is taking action against remaining shadow fleet vessels that are continuing to evade U.S. sanctions by transporting Iranian petroleum and petrochemicals. The vessels involved, registered across more than a dozen jurisdictions and operated by an intricate web of international front companies, underscore the global scale of Irans illicit shipping architecture and the sophistication with which the regime attempts to mask its sanctions evasion. By dismantling these maritime nodes and the companies behind them, Treasury is severing core channels the Iranian regime has long relied on to circumvent U.S. sanctions, sustain its petrochemical sector, and funnel resources to destabilizing actors. Because this illicit maritime ecosystem is fluid, with vessels routinely entering and ex


