{"id":13587,"date":"2025-03-14T06:09:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T06:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=13587"},"modified":"2025-03-14T06:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T06:09:46","slug":"us-treasury-sanctions-iranian-oil-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/13587\/","title":{"rendered":"US Treasury sanctions Iranian oil minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\"><p><span class=\"pre-content-text\"><a style=\"color: #0038a8;\" href=\"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/\">RoydadNaft &#8211; <\/a><\/span>\u00a0The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Iran\u2019s oil minister as part of its ongoing maximum pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The announcement was made on Thursday marking a new round of sanctions targeting Iran\u2019s oil sector.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to a statement from the US Treasury, Washington sanctioned Mohsen Paknejad, Iran\u2019s oil minister, along with several Hong Kong-flagged oil tankers, as part of its latest measures against Iran.<br \/>\nThis follows previous sanctions imposed on February 25, when the US Treasury and State Departments jointly added several individuals and companies linked to Iran\u2019s oil industry to the sanctions list.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At the time, State Department spokesperson Tommy Bruce stated that the U.S. Treasury had sanctioned 16 entities and vessels, while the State and Treasury Departments jointly sanctioned an additional 22 individuals and 13 vessels.<br \/>\nEarlier, several high-ranking officials in Iran\u2019s oil industry had already been targeted by U.S. sanctions, including Hamid Bovard, CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company; Abbas Asadrouz, CEO of Iranian Oil Terminals Company; Gholamhossein Gerami, head of the South Pars Gas Condensate Terminal; Seyed Ali Miri, head of the Kharg Oil Terminal; and Ali Moallemi, head of the North Oil Terminal Company.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Additionally, Iranian Oil Terminals Company and Petrorefining Kangan were included in the sanctions list announced on February 25, 2024, as part of the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to pressure Iran\u2019s oil industry.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The latest sanctions underscore the continued US campaign to exert economic pressure on Iran, particularly targeting its critical oil sector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-date no-social-btn post-updated\">Updated on<time class=\"updated dt-updated\" itemprop=\"dateModified\" datetime=\"2025-03-14T06:09:46+00:00\"> 14 March 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Iran\u2019s oil minister as part of its ongoing maximum pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic.\u00a0","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47,18,22,36,19,16,42],"tags":[],"services":[],"class_list":["post-13587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-headline","category-iran","category-lastnews","category-news","category-oil","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13587"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=13587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}