The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday announced the U.S. government’s “largest-ever” seizure of fuel shipments from Iran in a successful disruption of a multimillion-dollar shipment by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a designated foreign terrorist organization, that was bound for Venezuela. The Justice Department on Friday said it has “successfully executed” the seizure order and confiscated the cargo from all four vessels, which totaled approximately 1.116 million barrels of petroleum. DOJ SEEKS TO SEIZE IRANIAN OIL TANKSThe Justice Department credited the success to the U.S. government but also the assistance of foreign partners in seizing the property. Earlier this month, federal investigators obtained warrants to seize Iranian oil products aboard four tankers bound for Venezuela in violation of U.S. sanctions. The seizure order for the cargo from all four vessels was then issued by U.S. Judge Jeb Boasberg of the District Court for the District of Columbia.

Source: Fox News August 14, 2020 15:11 UTC