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The shadowy network of Chinese oil refineries funding Iran

Teapot refineries process discounted sanctioned crude into fuel as Iranian shipments reached more than 1.5 million barrels per day at Shandong ports, Vortexa said.

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By Simone McCarthy, Teele Rebane, Isaac Yee, Yong Xiong, CNN Cangzhou, China (CNN) — A few hundred miles from where Chinese leader Xi Jinping will roll out the red carpet for President Donald Trump this week, a shadowy ecosystem has long been at work pumping billions of dollars into Iran’s economy – now helping keep Tehran afloat in defiance of the US. These are the ports, pipelines, and oil refineries of Shandong province and its borderlands, w…

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A few hundred kilometers from where Chinese leader Xi Jinping will roll out the red carpet for President Donald Trump this week, a clandestine ecosystem has long been operating and injecting billions of dollars into the economy…

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CNN broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
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