Iran’s once steady business of selling large quantities of oil to China’s independent refineries may soon become the latest casualty of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
For years, China provided Iran a vital cash flow by supplying the Chinese with as much as 7% of their total oil imports. Much of that oil was laundered through transshipments via Oman, the UAE, and Malaysia among other countries, circumventing U.S. sanctions.
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