July 23 (UPI) -- The United States has imposed sanctions on China's state-run oil trading company and its chief executive for dealing in Iranian oil, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.
In a speech Monday to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Florida, Pompeo announced the sanctions against Chinese firm Zhuhai Zhenrong and its CEO, Youmin li. The United States has long said it would impose and enforce any sanction at its disposal against the Iranian regime.