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UPDATED! New U.S. sanctions on Iran's oil exports after Muscat talks end

  • Feb 6
  • 2 min read

Date: February 6, 2026


Summary

  • US imposes new sanctions on Iran's oil export "shadow fleet"

  • The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRIB) reported that the talks between Iranian and U.S. officials, which began Friday morning in Muscat, have "for now" ended.

  • Brad Cooper, the commander of CENTCOM, is in the composition of the U.S. negotiating team in Muscat.

  • A diplomatic source told Reuters that the presence of the CENTCOM commander could jeopardize “indirect nuclear negotiations” between Iran and the United States.

  • The New York Times reported that satellite images show rapid reconstruction of Islamic Republic's missile centers


The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against 15 entities, as well as two individuals involved in the trade of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products or petrochemical products.


The ministry has also released the specifications of 14 ships known as the Shadow Naval, which are part of the transfer of Iranian oil and other products. These ships are also sanctioned.


Hal Turner Analysis and Comments


The United States on Friday announced new sanctions to curb Iran’s oil exports, including targeting 14 vessels, moments after the adversaries wrapped up a day of indirect talks in Oman.


State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said Iran uses oil revenue to “fund destabilizing activities around the world and step up its repression inside Iran”.


President Donald Trump is “committed to driving down the Iranian regime’s illicit oil and petrochemical exports under the administration’s maximum pressure campaign,” Pigott said in a statement.


The State Department said it would order a block of any transactions with 14 vessels said to transport Iranian oil, including ships flagged from Turkey, India and the United Arab Emirates.


It also announced sanctions on 15 entities and two people.

    

 
 
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