China blocks US sanctions on refineries buying Iranian oil
China has blocked US sanctions imposed on its refineries over purchasing Iranian oil, saying that Washington’s measures “shall not be complied with.”
In a statement on Saturday, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced it had issued an injunction to block US sanctions targeting five Chinese refineries.
The ministry emphasized that the US measures announced separately since last year “shall not be recognized, implemented, or complied with.”
These sanctions, it added, “improperly prohibit or restrict Chinese enterprises from conducting normal economic, trade and related activities with third countries... and violate international law and the basic norms governing international relations.”
China remains a key customer for Iranian oil, primarily through independent “teapot” refineries that rely on crude from the Islamic Republic.
As part of its long-standing effort to curb Tehran's oil revenue, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on four Chinese refineries last year. Most recently, in April, Washington sanctioned Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery for purchasing billions of dollars worth of Iranian crude.
Meanwhile, the US Navy continues to target Iranian merchant vessels in the Sea of Oman and the Persian Gulf under its so-called blockade of Iranian ports.
Iran has maintained that the blockade amounts to piracy and warned that if the security of its ports in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman is threatened, no other port will be safe.
The Armed Forces have reciprocated by closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz to all traffic, with the exception of vessels that obtain permission for transit from relevant Iranian authorities.
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