After President Trump withdrew the US from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018 and reinstated all previous sanctions on the country, Iran began using a growing fleet of tankers to continue its oil exports (mainly to China). When President Trump also sanctioned Venezuela in 2019, the dark fleet expanded to include tankers exporting Venezuelan crude.
The US-based organization ‘United Against Nuclear Iran’, which closely follows Iran’s oil trade, estimates that the dark fleet has grown…
