One defendant is believed to be an associate of high-level officials in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force.
Dianat could not be reached for comment. He is believed to be an associate of high-level officials in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, an elite, paramilitary unit responsible for Iran's clandestine overseas operations.
"Iran's petrochemical and petroleum sectors are primary sources of funding for the Iranian regime, and the FBI will continue to aggressively pursue those who illegally use the U.S. financial system for their benefit," Rainer Drolshagen, a special agent in charge at the bureau's office in Minneapolis, said in a press release.
Later in June, Taif signed an agreement to purchase the ship, attesting that the buyers and their affiliates were not under U.S. sanctions. A few months later, Taif wired $2.3 million as a down payment through a U.K. brokerage firm. An additional $10 million soon followed. The funds were frozen, however, in transit at a U.S. bank for sanctions and anti-money laundering review.
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