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President Trump's sanctions were meant to choke off Iran’s oil exports, its main source of income. But our investigation shows China and other countries are defying them, underscoring the difficulty the administration has had in countering Iran. nyti.ms/2yy4XrH
Here’s what we found: At least 12 Iranian tankers have loaded and delivered oil to China or the Eastern Mediterranean, where buyers may have included Syria or Turkey. An analyst said the scale of the shipments is greater than what had been publicly known. nyti.ms/2yy4XrH
The oil shipments are significant because it makes the Trump administration's attempts to contain Iran less effective, especially after withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal, a former White House and State Department official said nyti.ms/2yy4XrH 
