Nearly 70% of Iran oil tankers faked travel routes: Nikkei analysis
Ships dodge US sanctions to transport crude, apparently to China
Iran has been evading U.S. sanctions to ship oil to China. © Reuters
TORU TSUNASHIMA, MASASHI IJICHI, KENTO AWASHIMA and RYO NAMIKI
August 15, 2025 14:40 JST
TOKYO -- Nearly 70% of Iranian oil tankers have made attempts to fake their travel routes, an analysis by Nikkei shows, with many of them likely transporting crude to China to bring in precious foreign currency to the sanctioned Middle Eastern country .
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