VOL. XXXIX

No. 49

2-September-1996

IRAQ/IRAN

US Charges Iran With Violating Iraqi Oil Embargo

The US State Department has presented to the UN Sanctions Committee what is claimed to be evidence that Iranian Revolutionary Guards are assisting small shippers in breaking the sanctions against Iraq. According to US officials, the Revolutionary Guards are collecting protection money and allowing the shipment of Iraqi gas oil through the Gulf to destinations in Dubai, Pakistan and India. US...