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Iranian press review: Iranian elite profit billions from oil sanctions

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Iranian press review: Iranian elite profit billions from oil sanctions Submitted by MEE correspondent on Thu, 09/24/2026 - 10:27 Meanwhile, five students face death sentences, an analyst warns that NPT withdrawal could cost Tehran support, and Iranians are hit by suspension of international language exams An Iranian man fills his car, on the verge of the rise in gasoline prices in Iran, at a gas station in Tehran, 7 September 2026 (Majid Asgaripour/WANA/Reuters) Off Sanctioned oil trade fuels lucrative network International sanctions against Iran have created lucrative financial channels, generating substantial profits for people linked to the country's security institutions, local media has reported. Yashar Soltani, an Iranian investigative journalist, alleged that the Ministry of Petroleum has lost control of marketing and exporting the country's national oil industry, handing it to an exclusive network of four brokers who circumvent international sanctions. Soltani, who has previous