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A ship left Iran en route to Venezuela. It’s carrying a shipment of fuel. Both Iran and Venezuela are subject to U.S. sanctions. President Trump will be receiving options on how to respond to this shipment. For its part, the Iranian News Agency is warning the US to “not act like pirates”.<\/p>\n
From Newsmax:<\/span><\/p>\n At least one tanker carrying fuel loaded at an Iranian port has set sail for Venezuela, according to vessel tracking data from Refinitiv Eikon on Wednesday, which could help ease an acute scarcity of gasoline in the South American country.<\/p>\n “Venezuela and Iran are both independent states that have had and will continue to have trade relations with each other,” Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei was quoted as saying by the YJC news website, linked to Iran’s state broadcaster.<\/p>\n “We sell goods and buy goods in return. This trade has nothing to do with anyone else,” Rabiei said, adding that he had no information about the Venezuela-bound vessel.<\/p>\n The Iran-flagged medium tanker Clavel passed the Suez Canal on Wednesday after loading fuel at the end of March at Iran’s Bandar Abbas port, according to the data.<\/p>\n “News received from informed sources indicate that the U.S. Navy has sent four warships and a Boeing P-8 Poseidon from the VP-26 squadron to the Caribbean region,” Nour said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Venezuela is in an economic bind right now. They could get the U.S. sanctions lifted if they meet U.S. requirements first. Newsmax has the whole article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"