UK Shipping Insurers are Caught in Iran Oil Sanctions’ Grey Zone

Charlie Brown, a senior adviser at United Against Nuclear Iran, an advocacy group based in the US, said that the recurrence of cases like that of the Seafaith demonstrates gaps in the wider system of maritime due diligence. “The appearance of vessels like Seafaith and others on the rosters of respected P&I clubs, despite their likely involvement in Iranian oil exports, illustrates the difficulty of fully policing Iran’s global sanctions-evasion network,” Brown added.