US Secretly Uses Iran's Own Oil-Smuggling Methods to Move Gulf Crude, Reuters Reports
HuffPost — World—A Reuters exclusive revealed that the United States has quietly adopted the ship-to-ship transfer and flags-of-convenience techniques previously associated with Iranian sanctions evasion to move Gulf crude through contested waters. The tactic, confirmed by shipping and intelligence sources, represents a significant shift from publicly stated US maritime policy. HuffPost amplified the report, noting the irony of Washington deploying the exact methods it has spent years trying to disrupt.