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International Law Firm Taheri (ILFT) has played a key role in helping Iran’s oil sales by establishing at least six shell companies since 2020 and using intermediaries as directors to conceal the true ownership of the oil tankers, the report added.
The Dutch law firm helped selling Iran’s crude through a Surinamese subsidiary based in Capelle aan den IJssel, a town in the western Netherlands.
Last month, the US Treasury Department sanctioned several entities for their alleged involvement in shipments of Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products for US-designated entities National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) or Triliance Petrochemical Company.
Three of the sanctioned companies were registered at ILFT’s Suriname address.
ILFT owner Masoud Taheri, 44, told BNR that he is merely a service provider offering a solution for a client that faces a legal issue at an international level.
Taheri noted that trading Iranian oil is not prohibited in Europe or the South American country of Suriname, emphasizing that his firm and its subsidiary are operating within the law.
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International Law Firm Taheri (ILFT)
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Netherlands
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