US blacklists tanker after ship-to-ship transfer with ‘fake’ vessel linked to Houthi financial fixer

"…Claire Jungman of United Against Nuclear Iran, a campaign group that tracks tankers following the reimposition of sanctions by the US government in 2018, said that the move “underscores China’s troubling role” in backing Iran. “Why does China continue to bolster Iran’s terrorist activities by purchasing its oil? It’s time to confront and halt these transactions that empower aggression,” she said in a tweet. China opposes unilateral sanctions and has consistently spoken against them at the United Nations.  "