Despite existing sanctions, Iranian oil exports jumped 35% last year and proceeds are being used to sponsor attacks on US citizens and service members as well as allies, the senators said in a letter to the president.
Brinkmanship at sea was on display Thursday when masked Iranian navy commandos seized a US-bound oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, one of several vessels it has taken as bargaining chips in negotiations with the West. Without providing evidence, Tehran said the tanker had run into an Iranian vessel. READ MORE
