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Iranian elite profiting from oil sanctions
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. Middle East Eye is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 24 Sept 2026, 11:11 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Iranian elite profiting from oil sanctions”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
International sanctions against Iran have created lucrative financial channels, generating substantial profits for people linked to the country's security institutions, local media has reported. Yashar Soltani, an Iranian investigative journalist, alleged that the Ministry of Petroleum has lost control of marketing and exporting the country's national oil industry, handing it…
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Middle East Eye
Iranian press review: Iranian elite profit billions from oil sanctions
- Picked up by Middle East Eye
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- Middle East Eye
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