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Ships Exporting Iranian Oil Go Dark, Raising Sanctions Red Flags
(Wall Street Journal) Sarah McFarlane and Benoit Faucon - Ships transporting almost a fifth of Iran's oil exports in the second half of 2016 either turned off their radio-signal tracking systems or gave misleading information about the origin of their cargo, red flags for the evasion of international sanctions against Tehran. Some 47 of 55 ships carrying Iranian oil products from Iran to the UAE failed to emit signals that transmit their position and course, for part or all of their journey, according to an analysis for the Wall Street Journal by ship-tracker Windward Ltd., an Israeli firm that uses satellite imaging to map shipping routes. The U.S. government is analyzing ship movements in the Persian Gulf for any attempts to circumvent bans on funding Iran's weapons programs or clearing payments for Iranian oil through the U.S. financial system, a U.S. official said.