U.S. blacklists vessel en route to China with $100M in cargo sent by Iran

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced sanctions Tuesday against a ship, and its affiliated companies, that is en route to China with Iranian cargo worth $100 million. File photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The United States on Tuesday blacklisted the owner and operator of a crude oil tanker that is en route to offload more than $100 million in Iranian goods in China. The Treasury identified the ship as the Panama-flagged Kohana. It said the vessel was heading toward China with cargo sent by Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics. Advertisement The...