Lebanon 15 April 2026 #2 lalasor Wed, 04/15/2026 - 21:36 Washington Wed, 04/15/2026 - 12:00 15 April 2026 The Treasury Department announced that it had "intensified pressure on Iran’s illicit oil transportation infrastructure by sanctioning more than two dozen individuals, companies and vessels operating within the network of Iranian oil shipping magnate Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani". The U.S. also blacklisted four individuals and entities "linked to a complex money laundering scheme involving the sale of Iranian oil in exchange for Venezuelan gold under the former Venezuelan dictatorship, all ultimately on behalf of Hizbollah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps–Qods Force (IRGC-QF)".