TEHRAN, May 25 (IRNA-NNN) — The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that the first of five Iranian oil tankers headed to Venezuela has berthed at the country’s port ignoring US warnings.
Quoting TankerTrackers tweet, IRNA said the Iranian oil tanker had loaded 43 million liters of gasoline from southern Iranian port of Shahid Rajaei in mid-March.
So far there has been no indication of any interference from the US on the fuel delivery. The remaining vessels are expected to arrive Venezuela in the next few days.
The five vessels bringing fuel from Iran to Venezuela came amid warnings from US early in May that it will halt the delivery.
Both countries are under heavy economic sanctions from the US.
The fuel from Iran is being delivered amid a shortage of gasoline in Venezuela, which has worsened in the coronavirus pandemic.
Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world, but its production is in freefall, a collapse that experts have attributed to failed policies.
