US authorities reserved $ 110 million per batch of oil in the amount of two million barrels, which was located on the coast of the United Arab Emirates captured in February (UAE), the Achilleas tanker reports RBC.
The ship, under the flag of Liberia, stopped on suspicion of transportation of raw materials from Iran under the guise of Iraqi oil. American prosecutors considered that the cargo went to China, and the ultimate benefit was to receive the State Corps of the Guards of the Islamic Revolution, which in the United States consider the terrorist organization.
Celebrated by selling money sent to a special account in the bank. They are supposed to spend on satisfaction of lawsuits that US citizens filed to Iran.
This is the second case over the past six months. In October last year, the United States sold 1.11 million barrels, which were on four tankers who followed Venezuelan. For them managed to rescue 40 million, the money was sent for the same account.
Both cases fell into the statistics of the US Ministry of Energy as the import of Iranian oil. At the same time, its official purchase is prohibited since 1991.
Earlier, Iranian Oil Minister Bizhan Zanganov said that, if necessary, the country can sharply increase oil production to 6.5 million barrels per day. Thus, he commented on the possible removal of US sanctions for the export of raw materials.