Treasury and State sanction what they call most of Iran's remaining tanker fleet

Treasury's release, sb0653, says it “took action against 17 shadow fleet vessels responsible for transporting millions of barrels of Iranian crude oil and petroleum and petrochemical products” to markets in South and East Asia. Named ships include PARITOSH, and the release gives barrel counts for ships it lists. Treasury says the action “effectively neutralizes the vast majority” of Iran's remaining shadow fleet. It also refers to “the success of the U.S. military’s blockade.” That is Treasury's framing.

The State Department's counts are worded differently. Spokesman Tommy Pigott's statement says State is sanctioning ten entities, six individuals, and five vessels involved in the trade of Iranian-origin petroleum or petrochemical products. The same statement says Treasury “is sanctioning 17 entities and their shadow fleet vessels.” This story prints 17 vessels, and the companies behind them, per Treasury, plus State's own list of ten companies, six people, and five vessels. It does not turn State's “17 entities” into a separate company count. The Office of Foreign Assets Control's recent-actions page shows an Oct. 8 entry. This desk did not parse that list name by name.

State says its designations rest on Executive Order 13846