No Iranian oil exports in September: Bessent

No Iranian oil exports in September: Bessent US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has claimed in a post on X that “Iran loaded ZERO crude oil onto tankers in September”. The US has blockaded Iranian ports since April in an attempt to thwart Iranian exports, the most profitable of which is o il sold principally to China. The blockade, which Bessent claimed is severing Tehran "economic lifeline", has deepened Iran's inflation crisis, but had also long been blighted by reports of ships passing through it in spite of US

Localisation: Tehran, Iran, Middle East
Source: Middle East Eye
Categorie: economy
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:31:55 +0100