FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The U.S. has escalated pressure on Iran’s oil trade network, and global banks, traders and shipping firms must tighten compliance or risk sanctions exposure, warns Pole Star Global. On Friday, 24 April 2026, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) rolled out a second round of sanctions under its “Operation Economic Fury” campaign. RelatedNews One dead and four reportedly missing following U.S. strike on Iranian vessel Tanker with Chinese crew attacked in the Strait of Hormuz var jnews_module_21372003_0_6a01e25e5abde = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21372003","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"87,283,903,131","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","google_publisher_id":"","google_slot_id":"","google_desktop":"auto","google_tab":"auto","google_phone":"auto","co