The United States announced a new package of sanctions Friday aimed at crippling Iran’s covert oil-export infrastructure known as the “shadow fleet.”

The Trump administration’s push to squeeze Iran economically comes just hours after negotiations between Washington and Tehran wrapped up in Oman.

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