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More Than 600,000 Gallons of Fuel Bound for Cuba Seized at U.S. Ports

The biodiesel, worth more than $2.8 million, was procured for a company sanctioned by the Treasury Department, federal officials said.

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The Trump administration began choking off fuel to Cuba in January after the capture of the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, whose country provided the majority of Cuba’s fuel.
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How a Small Business Got Entangled in U.S. Sanctions on Iranian Oil

Par : Max Kim
The case of a small Malaysian shipping agency illustrates the challenges Washington faces in its effort to stanch the flow of Iranian oil.

© Ore Huiying for The New York Times

Shahul Hamid Ahmad, the owner of Tefcas Marine, a small shipping agency that was hit with U.S. sanctions, standing in his empty office in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, in September.
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How a Shadow Economy in Asia Is Keeping Iranian Oil Flowing

Par : Max Kim
Companies continue to service a “dark fleet” of Iranian tankers in waters off Malaysia in spite of Washington’s threat to target them.

© Ore Huiying for The New York Times

A tanker used as floating storage in the heavily trafficked waters off the Malaysian state of Johor in September.
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