Source: International Business Times
A picture taken on March 12, 2017, shows an Panamanian tanker docking at the platform of the oil facility in the Kharg Island, on the shore of the Gulf. Getty Images Iran's Revolutionary Guards intelligence organization allegedly regained control of the country's sanctioned oil trade through a network of politically connected intermediarie, following a power struggle that reportedly contributed to the dismissal of an oil minister and the return of officials previously implicated in financial disputes. Confidential documents and information obtained by Iran International suggest that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Intelligence Organization worked with senior security figures to reestablish influence over oil exports, including transactions involving traders accused of failing to return billions of dollars in revenue.