Trump sanctions 15 entities and 14 vessels for Iranian oil shadow fleet

The State Department and Treasury OFAC designated 15 entities, two individuals, and 14 shadow-fleet vessels on February 6, 2026, for facilitating illicit trade in Iranian petroleum and petrochemical products. The designations were made under Executive Order 13846 and Trump's National Security Presidential Memorandum 2, part of his renewed maximum pressure campaign. The action ran concurrently with indirect US-Iran nuclear talks in Muscat, Oman, on the same day.