Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pictured this year in Pakistan President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran described the effect of European Union and United States over Iran's nuclear program as "like war" Tuesday and said "[...]we are working to bypass them day and night." Among the steps Iran has taken to circumvent sanctions is the reflagging of tankers, first to  and and , more recently, to and to mask their origins and allow continued oil exports. In August, the shipping registries of Tuvalu and Tanzania agreed to de-register  ships following pressure from  lawmakers. , the senior  politician on the , commented then: "Iran is learning the hard way that we will not relent in applying crippling sanctions on the regime, and others are learning that evading international sanctions is a losing strategy".
 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran described the effect of European Union and United States over Iran's nuclear program as "like war" Tuesday and said "[...]we are working to bypass them day and night." Among the steps Iran has taken to circumvent sanctions is the reflagging of tankers, first to Cyprus and Malta and , more recently, to Tuvalu and Tanzania to mask their origins and allow continued oil exports. In August, the shipping registries of Tuvalu and Tanzania agreed to de-register Iranian ships following pressure from U.S. lawmakers. , the senior Democratic Party politician on the , commented then: "Iran is learning the hard way that we will not relent in applying crippling sanctions on the regime, and others are learning that evading international sanctions is a losing strategy".
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pictured this year in Pakistan
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