President Trump faces a critical challenge to his sanctions policy as a hacktivist group exposes Iran and Qatar’s collusion.
Hacktivist group has revealed that the Islamic regime in Iran and Qatar have come together to help Iran’s regime evade U.S. sanctions by selling oil through shell companies and using the money to fund its nuclear program, long-range missiles, and terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.
Early this month, Trump took to his social media, threatening sanctions on anyone who buys Iranian oil.
“All purchases of Iranian Oil or Petrochemical products must stop, NOW!” Trump wrote
He said any country or person who buys those products from Iran will not be able to do business with the United States in any way, shape, or form.
However, Prana’s leaks reveal contracts exposing SEJ’s role. One shows SEJ’s subsidiary, Sepehr Energy Hamta Pars (SEHP), selling LPG on behalf of AFGS.
Hidden Iranian Cash
The group has exposed that the Islamic Regime in Iran and Qatar have come up to help Iran’s regime evade U.S. sanctions by selling oil through shell companies and using the money to fund its nuclear program, long-range missiles, and terror groups.
Additionally, the group has exposed Sepehr Energy Jahan (SEJ) as a front company for Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS).
SEJ, led by Majid Azami—Ayatollah Khamenei’s top oil broker—is Iran’s main tool for bypassing sanctions on oil exports. Last year alone, SEJ moved 65 million barrels of oil, worth over $4.2 billion, 16% of Iran’s total oil exports.
Funnelled through AFGS’s Shahid Hemmat HQ, this cash hides the oil’s Iranian origins, pouring directly into Iran’s war chest. Azami is also unlocking frozen Iranian funds.
He’s pushing to release $1.6 billion held in Luxembourg’s Clearstream, a major securities firm, using shady deals in Qatar to move the money via cryptocurrency or gold deliveries.
In mid-April, Azami and senior Iranian officials secretly flew to Doha to resolve the “Crescent case,” a deal to access frozen funds and restore Iran’s commercial ties. Azami’s leveraging personal ties with senior Qatari officials offered bribes to ensure cooperation.
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The Crescent case involves using Iranian funds in Malaysia’s FIB bank, owned by the sanctioned Babek Zanjani, to pay off debts, despite U.S. sanctions. Iran got Malaysia’s courts to approve withdrawing these funds, and now they’re lobbying the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to greenlight the deal. Azami’s Doha meetings are critical, with bribes to Qatari elites smoothing the way.
US Sanctioned Azami and SEJ
The U.S. Treasury sanctioned Azami and SEJ in November 2023 under Executive Order 13224 for terror financing. Did that stop them? No. Azami’s still smuggling oil and chasing frozen funds, raising $4 billion for Iran’s security forces since the sanctions hit. Prana’s leaks reveal contracts exposing SEJ’s role.
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One shows SEJ’s subsidiary, Sepehr Energy Hamta Pars (SEHP), selling LPG on behalf of AFGS. Another has SEJ chartering tankers for Iran’s National Oil Company (NIOC), with AFGS as guarantor.
SEJ holds shareholder meetings at AFGS headquarters in Tehran, and its board once included ex-Oil Minister Rostam Ghasemi, a regime insider.
This comes as Trump visits Saudi Arabia before proceeding to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as part of his three-day tour in the Middle East.
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