US slaps more sanctions on firms, 30 tankers linked to Iran oil exports

The US Treasury on Thursday designated an Indian national and his tanker company along with other vessels and entities linked to exporting Iranian oil in contravention of US sanctions.

Jugwinder Singh Brar, chairman of Prime Tankers, along with seven other firms and 30 vessels were named in a notice published on the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control Specially Designated Nationals and entities (SDN) list.

Many of the ships and companies had been cited by Washington-based advocacy group United Against a Nuclear Iran (UANI) as facilitators of Iran's energy sales.