Iranian 'Ghost Fleet' Ferried $5 Billion in Oil, Primarily to China, Before US Blockade

“Iran’s ‘ghost fleet’ of illicit tankers moved 60 million barrels of crude oil worth an estimated $5 billion between the beginning of Operation Epic Fury and the start of the U.S. blockade of the Persian Gulf, according to shipping data analyzed by the United Against a Nuclear Iran (UANI) advocacy group, which noted that the bulk of that oil went to China.”