Israel Matzav

Ofer Brothers sanctioned by US for selling tanker to Iran

Billionaire octogenarian Israelis Sammy and Yuli Ofer are denying that their company sold a tanker to Iran for $8.65 million. The Ofer Brothers' company has been sanctioned by the United States for that sale.

[T]he Ofer Brothers group was identified as one of seven companies facing US sanctions, for allegedly taking part in a September 2010 transaction that provided a tanker valued at $8.65 million to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines.

According to a fact sheet released by the US State Department last week, the Ofer Brothers Group, together with Singapore based Tanker Pacific, “failed to exercise due diligence and did not heed publicly available and easily obtainable information that would have indicated that they were dealing with IRISL.

Of course, Iran is denying doing business with the 'Zionist entity.'

Iran has no business dealings with "Zionist" companies, Chairman of Iran's Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines (ICCIM) Mohammad Nahavandian said on Friday as quoted by AFP citing local Iranian media reports..

“Based on the laws of the country, any kind of trade or economic transaction with the Zionist regime and its affiliated firms is against the law,” Nahavandian was quoted as saying.

“The news regarding the activities of Zionist firms in regard to Iran is a new game which has surfaced in reaction to other nations welcoming establishing economic ties with Iran,” Nahavandian added. “Thus they [Western powers] are naming some Zionist firms as engaged in doing business with Iran.”

I guess Nahavandian has never heard of the Iran-Contra affair.

But Israelis have to stop worshiping the Buck. We all know about how most of our pistachio nuts came (still come?) from Iran. Enough is enough. If God forbid they shoot a nuclear weapon at us, it's not going to differentiate between Sammy and Yuli Ofer and Moshe Zugtmir.

Labels: Iran sanctions regime, Ofer Brothers, pistachio nuts, tankers

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:42 PM