L'Iran passe par la Malaisie pour contourner les sanctions, selon le Trésor américain

L’Iran utilise des intermédiaires malaisiens pour contourner les sanctions internationales et vendre son pétrole en Asie du Sud-Est, a déclaré mardi un haut responsable du Trésor américain.

Les Etats-Unis ont imposé d’importantes sanctions à l’Iran et à ses alliés afin de tarir les fonds utilisés, selon Washington, pour créer de l’instabilité au Moyen-Orient.

Les ventes iraniennes de pétrole en Asie du Sud-Est ont financé des groupes armés proche de Téhéran, notamment le groupe islamiste palestinien du Hamas et la rébellion yéménite des Houthis, a déclaré le haut fonctionnaire américain sous couvert d’anonymat.

Les cargaisons de pétrole ont été envoyées aux acheteurs de la région par voie maritime près de Singapour et de la Malaisie.

“La capacité de l’Iran à transporter son pétrole s’est appuyée sur ce type de fournisseurs basés en Malaisie. Nous voulons avoir une discussion directe avec les Malaisiens à ce sujet”, a ajouté le fonctionnaire.

“L’arrêt de ces expéditions de pétrole portera un coup décisif à la capacité de l’Iran à financer ces attaques dans le monde entier, y compris les attaques des Houthis qui menacent actuellement la navigation commerciale”, a-t-il affirmé.

Le Trésor américain travaillera avec les opérateurs maritimes et les responsables bancaires de Singapour et de Malaisie pour mettre un coup d’arrêt à ces ventes, a encore assuré le responsable.

Washington veut également “empêcher la Malaisie de devenir un territoire où le Hamas pense qu’il peut à la fois collecter des fonds et les transférer”, a-t-il précisé.

La secrétaire américaine au Trésor, Janet Yellen, a déclaré le mois dernier que Washington s’efforçait de réduire la capacité de l’Iran à exporter du pétrole, estimant qu’on pouvait “faire davantage”.

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