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PREVIEW: Malcolm Hoenlein: Iraq accuses Iran of disguising its crude as Iraqi exports to bypass sanctions, launching a high-level probe into the oil smuggling network, signaling a major relationship shift.

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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PREVIEW:  Malcolm Hoenlein: Iraq accuses Iran of disguising its crude as Iraqi exports to bypass sanctions, launching a high-level probe into the oil smuggling network, signaling a major relationship shift.
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0:00.0

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0:20.7

This is John Batchel,

0:21.8

conversation with good colleague,

0:23.3

Malcolm Holine,

0:24.2

Conference of President's

0:25.1

major American Jewish organizations, a significant development.

0:29.6

Iraq is accusing Iran of disguising Iranian oil as Iraqi exports in order to defeat the sanctions

0:37.3

or move away from the shadow fleet to

0:40.2

legitimate carriers. Iraq, accusing Iran, once upon a time Iraq was understood to be a stooge of

0:48.5

the Iranian regime. No more. More of this story, but Malcolm points very clearly to what's going on. Here's Malcolm

0:56.2

to explain. More of this later. Probably every kind that they can, but they've been made

1:04.5

various accusations, but now they've launched a high-level probe into a vast oil smuggling network, which is accused of

1:13.4

disguising Iranian crude as Iraqi exports. And the investigation that goes, targets, there's a nine-ship

1:21.4

fleet and UAE front companies who are set to move hundreds of tankers through falsified data promoting fresh

1:28.8

U.S. sanctions on al-Samaraya, the Iraqi-Kidian businessman, accused of masterminding the

1:36.1

scheme.

1:36.4

But the fact that the Iraqi government is willing to challenge their Iranian friends and

1:41.2

launch this investigation, I think is the significant part.

1:45.7

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