US military copied Iran's smuggling tactics to move Gulf oil, report reveals

US military copied Iran's smuggling tactics to move Gulf oil, report reveals The US military has secretly coordinated the transfer of an estimated 90 million barrels of Gulf oil since May, adopting Iran ’s own sanctions-evasion tactics to covertly move the oil, a recent Reuters investigation revealed. Two specific locations where the oil transfers take place were identified by 11 people familiar with the operation, which at least 92 ships have been involved, according to shipping data and satellite imagery. The shi