Global Politics Report Editorial
Why do Iran’s oil ‘intermediaries’ owe the government billions?
Iran says intermediaries handling its oil sales owe it billions of dollars, but how did the debts accumulate?
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Source: Al Jazeera
Politics desk: Foreign Policy
Published: Oct. 12, 2026 at 05:16 PM ET
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Original source: Al Jazeera