The United States on Tuesday removed an Israeli holding company from a sanctions blacklist for trade with Iran, clarifying a step taken in May that cast a shadow over Israel’s richest family.
Ofer Brothers Group had denied wrongdoing after it was included on a U.S. State Department sanctions list in May and accused of being part of adeal to sell Iranians a tanker for $8.65 million.
The State Department issued a note on Tuesday removing the Ofer Brothers Group from the list of sanctioned entities. It substituted two other firms indirectly owned by the Ofer conglomerate, one a corporate manager and the other a ship-owning company.
“This action clears our name,” Ofer Holdings Group said in a statement.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the U.S. clarification was aimed at identifying more precisely those companies subject to U.S. sanction.
“The May 24 announcement of sanctions used the trade name ‘Ofer Brothers Group,’ which led to the conclusion by some banks and companies that we had intended to sanction all Ofer-owned companies,” Nuland said, saying the United States only sought to sanction the specific entities involved in the tanker transfer.
She said the two newly-named companies under sanction, Societe Anonyme Monegasque d’Administration Maritime et Aerienne (SAMAMA) and Allvale Maritime Inc., had both pledged to prevent potentially sanctionable transactions with Iran in the future.
“The new measures underscore that companies in the shipping industry must exercise appropriate diligence to ensure they do not inadvertently engage in sanctionable activity with Iran,” Nuland said in a statement.
The billionaire Ofer brothers had long denied wrongdoing, saying they did not realize the buyer had been a front for an Iranian company.
The Iranian company at the center of the allegations has also denied any involvement.
The sanctions barred Ofer Brothers Group from securing financing from the Export-Import Bank of the United States, from obtaining loans over $10 million from U.S. financial institutions and from receiving U.S. export licenses.
The Ofers are Israel’s richest family. They control Israel Corp , one of Israel’s largest investment companies. Brothers Sammy and Yuli Ofer have both died since the sanctions were announced.
The May sanctions list included other companies such as PCCI, the Royal Oyster Group and Speedy Ship of the United Arab Emirates, Tanker Pacific of Singapore and Associated Shipbroking of Monaco.
Source: Reuters
آمریکا یک شرکت اسرائیلی را از لیست تحریم های ایران خارج کرد
آمریکا نام یک شرکت اسرائیلی را که به خاطر انجام معاملات با ایران در فهرست تحریم قرار گرفته بود از این فهرست برداشت. «شرکت برادران اوفر » در ماه مه توسط وزارت امور خارجه آمریکا به خاطر مشارکت در فروش یک کشتی نفتکش به ایران در فهرست تحریم های دولت آمریکا قرار داده شد.
دولت آمریکا روز سه شنبه نام یک شرکت اسرائیلی را که به خاطر انجام معاملات با ایران در فهرست تحریم قرار گرفته بود از این فهرست برداشت
به گزارش خبرگزاری رویترز،«شرکت برادران اوفر» در ماه مه توسط وزارت امور خارجه آمریکا به خاطر مشارکت در فروش یک کشتی نفتکش به ایران در فهرست تحریم های دولت آمریکا قرار داده شد
وزارت خارجه آمریکا روز سه شنبه با صدور یک بیانیه اعلام کرد که «شرکت برادران اوفر» از این فهرست خارج شده است. ولی به جای آن دو شرکت دیگر که هر دو به طور غیرمستقیم در مالکیت برادران اوفر هستند در این فهرست قرار گرفته اند که یکی از آنها یک موسسه مدیریتی و دیگری یک شرکت کشتیرانی است
این شرکت در بیانیه کوتاهی اعلام کرد که این تصمیم وزارت خارجه نام ما را از هر گونه اتهامی پاک خواهد کرد
سخنگوی وزارت خارجه آمریکا نیز گفت که این تصمیم با هدف تشخیص و معرفی دقیق شرکت هایی که ناقض تحریم های آمریکا بوده اند صورت گرفته است
وی افزود:« وارد کردن نام شرکت « اوفر » در این فهرست باعث بروز ابهام و این سردرگمی شده که گویا هدف ما تحریم تمام شرکت ها و موسسات متعلق به « اوفر» است. ولی هدف ما فقط و فقط مجازات آن شرکت مشخصی است که در فروش نفتکش به ایران مشارکت داشته است
به گزارش خبرگزاری رویترز در بخش دیگری از بیانیه سخنگوی وزارت خارجه آمریکا آمده است که اقدام اخیر آمریکا نشان می دهد که شرکت های فعال در عرصه کشتیرانی باید به شدت مراقب باشند که به شکل مستقیم و یا غیرمستقیم در مناسبات تجاری با ایران شرکت نکنند چون در غیر این صورت مورد تحریم آمریکا قرار خواهند گرفت
برادران میلیاردر اوفر از آغاز انتشار این اخبار در ماه
های گذشته همواره هرگونه خلافی را رد کرده و ادعا می کردند که از ایرانی بودن شرکت خریدار این کشتی مطلع نبوده اند. شرکت ایرانی که در مرکز این اخبار قرار گرفته نیز هرگونه دخالت در این معامله را تکذیب کرده است
طبق تصمیم وزارت خارجه آمریکا در ماه مه و قراردادن « شرکت برادران اوفر» در فهرست تحریم، این شرکت از دریافت هرگونه وامی از بانک صادرات و واردات آمریکا و یا دریافت پشتوانه مالی فراتر از ۱۰ میلیون دلار از سایر موسسات مالی آمریکا محروم می شد
خانواده اوفر از ثروتمندترین تجار و سرمایه داران اسرائیلی هستند. این دو برادر به نام های یولی و سامی از زمان اعلام تحریم های آمریکا علیه این شرکت درگذشته اند
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