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US Sanctions Shipping Network Tied to Houthi Financier

The U.S. this week sanctioned 18 companies, people and ships that it said have ties to a network run by Sa’id al-Jamal, an Iran-backed financial facilitator for the Yemen-based Houthis. The designations target captains of vessels transporting oil on behalf…

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of the network that also benefits the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force, including Iranian national Ali Barkhordar and Pakistani national Wahid Ullah Durrani. Other destinations target companies and people managing those ships, including Marshall Islands-registered Changtai Shipping Ltd., United Arab Emirates-based Indo Gulf Ship Management LLC and boats sailing with the flags of Panama, the Cook Islands, Barbados and Palau.