{
  "id": 11299312,
  "title": "No Iranian oil exports in September: Bessent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/no-iranian-oil-exports-in-september-bessent",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T22:31:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/no-iranian-oil-exports-september-bessent"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Iran loaded zero crude oil onto tankers in September, according to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The US has imposed a blockade on Iranian ports since April, aiming to prevent oil exports, which are the country's most profitable commodity, primarily sold to China. This blockade, which Bessent claims is cutting off Iran's economic lifeline, has exacerbated the country's inflation crisis. However, the blockade has also faced challenges, with reports of ships breaching it despite US efforts to enforce it.",
  "summary": "No Iranian oil exports in September: Bessent US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has claimed in a post on X that “Iran loaded ZERO crude oil onto tankers in September”. The US has blockaded Iranian ports since April in an attempt to thwart Iranian exports, the most profitable of which is o il sold principally to China . The blockade, which Bessent claimed is severing Tehran \"economic lifeline\",…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}