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The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on nine vessels of what is known as the shadow fleet and eight related firms, the U.S. Treasury Department said, as the Trump administration sought to escalate pressure on Iran over the recent killing of protesters.

The Treasury said the vessels and their respective owners or management firms, which include entities based in India, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, have collectively transported hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Iranian oil and petroleum products to foreign markets.

"Today’s sanctions target a critical component of how Iran generates the funds used to repress its own people. As previously outlined, Treasury will continue to track the tens of millions of dollars that the regime has stolen and is desperately attempting to wire to banks outside of Iran," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.

TREASURY SAYS REVENUE BELONGS TO IRANIAN PEOPLE

The Treasury said the revenue belongs to the Iranian people, but is instead diverted to fund Iran's "regional terrorist proxies, weapons programs, and security services, instead of the basic economic services the Iranian people have bravely demanded."

Iran's mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The shadow fleet refers to ships that carry oil that is under sanctions. They are typically old, their ownership opaque and they sail without the top-tier insurance cover needed to meet international standards for oil majors and many ports.

Rights groups say thousands of people, including bystanders, were killed during the unrest in Iran, which they describe as the biggest crackdown since Shi'ite Muslim clerics took power in the 1979 revolution.

President Donald Trump had repeatedly threatened to intervene against Iran over the recent killings of protesters there, but protests dwindled last week. Trump said on Thursday the United States has an "armada" heading toward Iran but hoped he would not have to use it, as he renewed warnings to Tehran against killing protesters or restarting its nuclear program.

U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and several guided-missile destroyers will arrive in the Middle East in the coming days.
Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.


Vessels that the U.S. hit with sanctions on Friday include the Sea Bird, Al Diab II and Cesaria, all flagged by Palau and the Comoros-flagged Avon and Chiron 5.

Flangelo12:
Biting more than he can chew.

This might be the end.

CyynthiaKiss:
I knew Donald Trump would never back down.. Once he opens your Islamic page then you are finished!

Flangelo12:
Biting more than he can chew.

This might be the end.

Flangelo12:
Biting more than he can chew.

This might be the end.

aestake:
Biting off......concentrate on your own presido.

Flangelo12:
Yet, you're on this thread.

Common sense missing.

Where are you, my sweet son? Where are you, father's love?❤️ pic.twitter.com/xZ7OBItwCf

— @ALBORZ KHAMOUSH (@NATIONALIST281) January 23, 2026

Dogalmighty17:
The USS Abraham Lincoln and its associated support ships and submarines arrived the middle East yesterday. This increases the options for strikes Donald Trump has. I'd be very worried if I was a member of the Iranian Republican Guard now.

But outside the devastating fire power and aircraft carrier strike group possesses, Iran should be worried more about the kind of weapon that the US used in Venezuela. A weapon that allowed just 20 US soldiers kill over 300 Cuban troops guarding Maduro. The world never knew of the existence of such a weapon and no one outside the US military command knows just how it works.

The US used a targeted ultrasonic weapon that incapacitated hundreds of Cuban soldiers protecting Maduro. None of them could raise their weapons to fire as US soldiers entered the compound Maduro was in. A good number of them started bleeding from the eyes, ears and nose. But they couldn't see what it was that was making them bleed. And yet, Maduro himself was not affected.

Some military analysts are saying that this weapon can be so specifically targeted that 2 men can stand side by side and only one of them can receive the ultrasound wave and the other man will not even be aware anything is going on. Over the years, whispers of such a terrible weapon have been floating around but it seemed so outlandish that no one was really willing to entertain the possibility of its existence. But then again, no one believed stealth helicopters could exist until the US used 5 of them to go after Bin Laden and those helicopters were made in 1984 but classified. No one else knows what the US has come up with since then.

I don't see Trump striking Iran just yet. But the man is erratic and totally unmoored to any form of logical thought. No one knows what will set him off.

Granger:
While I don’t support the dictatorial and Islamic extremist tendencies of the Iran leadership, I think it’s clear what happened in Iran over the past few weeks.

The Mosaad/Shin Bet/CIA activated their sleeper cells in Iran who instigated protests and actually shot at innocent people, including children and women, just to instigate an insurrection and overthrow the government.
Yesterday we received news that dead children from the protests were found with Israeli ammunition in the bodies.
Also Iran says they have precise information about US/Israeli involvement, which is true. Donald Trump fumbled here.
So this is what happened:
US/Israel/Mosaad/CIA try to overthrown the Iran leadership. At the same time DT tried to take over Greenland from Denmark.
The Danish authorities are pissed and then leak the names of Mosaad/CIA agents currently in Iran and provoking violence there to the Iran government who rounds them up ASAP and wants to hang/execute them publicly.
The US/Israel beg and when Iran backs down on the executions, DT thanks them publicly.

Granger:
While I don’t support the dictatorial and Islamic extremist tendencies of the Iran leadership, I think it’s clear what happened in Iran over the past few weeks.

The Mosaad/Shin Bet/CIA activated their sleeper cells in Iran who instigated protests and actually shot at innocent people, including children and women, just to instigate an insurrection and overthrow the government.
Yesterday we received news that dead children from the protests were found with Israeli ammunition in the bodies.
Also Iran says they have precise information about US/Israeli involvement, which is true. Donald Trump fumbled here.
So this is what happened:
US/Israel/Mosaad/CIA try to overthrown the Iran leadership. At the same time DT tried to take over Greenland from Denmark.
The Danish authorities are pissed and then leak the names of Mosaad/CIA agents currently in Iran and provoking violence there to the Iran government who rounds them up ASAP and wants to hang/execute them publicly.
The US/Israel beg and when Iran backs down on the executions, DT thanks them publicly.

educatedfool:
What kind of people are you?
Iran hasn't been afraid of the U.S. for over a decade.
They aren't like you they have been encircled by U.S. bases for the past twenty years.
The U.S. has struck them multiple times, but they still have not started being afraid.
So what is new now?
P.S. The U.S. is not as mighty to them as it was to you.

gigabyte13:
Another oil wahalaaaaaa
USA and oil
Make lran just give them small oil like this
The werey White house kidnapper go turn deaf ears and blind eyes to lran excess.

I sha no say, if Dem no impeach this werey
E go soon jam agbako
because this mid term election, Democrats will win massively and take over both chambers

Granger:
While I don’t support the dictatorial and Islamic extremist tendencies of the Iran leadership, I think it’s clear what happened in Iran over the past few weeks.

The Mosaad/Shin Bet/CIA activated their sleeper cells in Iran who instigated protests and actually shot at innocent people, including children and women, just to instigate an insurrection and overthrow the government.
Yesterday we received news that dead children from the protests were found with Israeli ammunition in the bodies.
Also Iran says they have precise information about US/Israeli involvement, which is true. Donald Trump fumbled here.
So this is what happened:
US/Israel/Mosaad/CIA try to overthrown the Iran leadership. At the same time DT tried to take over Greenland from Denmark.
The Danish authorities are pissed and then leak the names of Mosaad/CIA agents currently in Iran and provoking violence there to the Iran government who rounds them up ASAP and wants to hang/execute them publicly.
The US/Israel beg and when Iran backs down on the executions, DT thanks them publicly.

Dogalmighty17:
The USS Abraham Lincoln and its associated support ships and submarines arrived the middle East yesterday. This increases the options for strikes Donald Trump has. I'd be very worried if I was a member of the Iranian Republican Guard now.

But outside the devastating fire power and aircraft carrier strike group possesses, Iran should be worried more about the kind of weapon that the US used in Venezuela. A weapon that allowed just 20 US soldiers kill over 300 Cuban troops guarding Maduro. The world never knew of the existence of such a weapon and no one outside the US military command knows just how it works.

The US used a targeted ultrasonic weapon that incapacitated hundreds of Cuban soldiers protecting Maduro. None of them could raise their weapons to fire as US soldiers entered the compound Maduro was in. A good number of them started bleeding from the eyes, ears and nose. But they couldn't see what it was that was making them bleed. And yet, Maduro himself was not affected.

Some military analysts are saying that this weapon can be so specifically targeted that 2 men can stand side by side and only one of them can receive the ultrasound wave and the other man will not even be aware anything is going on. Over the years, whispers of such a terrible weapon have been floating around but it seemed so outlandish that no one was really willing to entertain the possibility of its existence. But then again, no one believed stealth helicopters could exist until the US used 5 of them to go after Bin Laden and those helicopters were made in 1984 but classified. No one else knows what the US has come up with since then.

I don't see Trump striking Iran just yet. But the man is erratic and totally unmoored to any form of logical thought. No one knows what will set him off.

hotwax:
Islamist saying while I don't support ..blablah...you dey give ur family members taqiyah, not us.

So mossad wore IRGC uniform and started looking for children protesters to kill. What happened to adult protesters?

Okay Iran has started public execution of protesters. Tell us its Mossad helping IRGC conduct public executions.

Wow.. this is what Islam is all about. You people should think through your propaganda before airing it.

Dey do QA nah

Dogalmighty17:
The USS Abraham Lincoln and its associated support ships and submarines arrived the middle East yesterday. This increases the options for strikes Donald Trump has. I'd be very worried if I was a member of the Iranian Republican Guard now.

But outside the devastating fire power and aircraft carrier strike group possesses, Iran should be worried more about the kind of weapon that the US used in Venezuela. A weapon that allowed just 20 US soldiers kill over 300 Cuban troops guarding Maduro. The world never knew of the existence of such a weapon and no one outside the US military command knows just how it works.

The US used a targeted ultrasonic weapon that incapacitated hundreds of Cuban soldiers protecting Maduro. None of them could raise their weapons to fire as US soldiers entered the compound Maduro was in. A good number of them started bleeding from the eyes, ears and nose. But they couldn't see what it was that was making them bleed. And yet, Maduro himself was not affected.

Some military analysts are saying that this weapon can be so specifically targeted that 2 men can stand side by side and only one of them can receive the ultrasound wave and the other man will not even be aware anything is going on. Over the years, whispers of such a terrible weapon have been floating around but it seemed so outlandish that no one was really willing to entertain the possibility of its existence. But then again, no one believed stealth helicopters could exist until the US used 5 of them to go after Bin Laden and those helicopters were made in 1984 but classified. No one else knows what the US has come up with since then.

I don't see Trump striking Iran just yet. But the man is erratic and totally unmoored to any form of logical thought. No one knows what will set him off.

thomas2024:
Nothing concern me with this news, as long Trump is dragging Tinubu blokos, I’m okay. All hail Tinubu, the one time president (OTP).

kiyosaki1:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-targets-irans-shadow-fleet-over-crackdown-protesters-2026-01-23/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6973dcbc99c310000167567f&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

kiyosaki1:
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-targets-irans-shadow-fleet-over-crackdown-protesters-2026-01-23/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6973dcbc99c310000167567f&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook