US imposes new illegal anti-Iranian sanctions on UAE based companies

The United States has imposed new illegal anti-Iran sanctions on five companies based in the United Arab Emirates, accusing them of having purchased petroleum products from Iran in 2019.

According to Press TV, the US Treasury Department claimed in a statement on Thursday the UAE companies purchased the petroleum products from the National Iranian Oil Company for delivery to the Arab country.

The firms include Petro Grand FZE, Alphabet International DMCC, Swissol Trade DMCC, Alam Althrwa General Trading LLC, and Alwaneo LLC Co., the Treasury Department said on its website.

Earlier on Wednesday, the US State Department said Washington was imposing sanctions against some Iranian, Chinese, Hong Kong and South African firms.

The illegal sanctions were announced amid Tehran’s call on world states to defy US sanctions in the midst of Iran’s fight with the coronavirus pandemic.

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