US sanctions Chinese state-run oil buyer over alleged Iran violations
The move is seen as a warning to other middleman brokering oil from Iran
22 July 2019 - 22:56
Washington — The US has sanctioned the China’s state-run energy company Zhuhai Zhenrong for allegedly violating restrictions imposed on Iran’s oil sector, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said in a speech on Monday.
“We’ve said that we will sanction any sanctionable behaviour, and we mean it,” Pompeo said in Florida...
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