
US imposes sanctions on teapot oil refinery and CEO for Iranian oil purchases
(Investing) – The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced sanctions against a teapot oil refinery and its CEO for purchasing and refining Iranian crude oil worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The oil was sourced from vessels linked to Ansarallah, a Foreign Terrorist Organization, and the Iranian Ministry of Defense of Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL). The refinery,