US pressure on Panama to comply with sanctions against Iran

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, “Abram Pele, the US State Department’s special representative for Iran affairs, said on Wednesday local time that the United States has asked Panama to prohibit Iranian ships under Washington’s sanctions from using its flag.

According to Reuters, Peele repeated the false claims and claimed: The request is aimed at preventing the use of ships for illegal activities such as supporting groups identified as terrorist organizations.

In January 2023, Panamanian authorities announced that they had withdrawn their flag from 136 ships linked to Iran’s state oil company over the past four years.

According to this report, Panama has the largest fleet of registered ships in the world with more than 8,000 ships under its flag.

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