Rubio’s Stop in Panama Opens a Campaign Against ‘Shadow Fleet’ of Vessels Skirting U.S. Sanctions on Iran and Russia

Issue of the smuggling ships is emerging as a part of Trump’s campaign of maximum pressure against the regime in Tehran.

AP/Matias Delacroix
A cargo ship sails under Las Americas bridge through the Panama Canal. AP/Matias Delacroix

As Secretary Rubio visits President Mulino of Panama Sunday, an advocacy group, United Against Nuclear Iran, is urging the former senator to add pressure on the Central American country to end its abetting of a “shadow fleet” of smuggling ships that circumvent American sanctions on Iran, Russia, and others. 

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