Iran Races to Get Its Oil Out Into the World
Iran is rapidly exporting oil, a sign of the unusual logistical steps that Tehran is undertaking as the US mulls joining Israel in bombing the Persian Gulf state. Satellite images of the oil storage sites at Kharg Island show that the reservoirs were only partly full on June 11, but were brimming with crude on June 18. Bloomberg's Alaric Nightingale reports.
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