Who is Iranian oil tycoon Shamkhani whose ship is stranded in Hormuz?

Europe Business Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:12:48 GMT Moderate confidence — 74/100

Here is what we know about Shamkhani, whom the US and EU allege is a central figure in Iranian and Russian shadow fleet operations, generating billions of dollars of oil revenues for both, and what happened to his ship in the Hormuz strait.
What do we know about the stranded ship?

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Here is what we know about Shamkhani, whom the US and EU allege is a central figure in Iranian and Russian shadow fleet operations, generating billions of dollars of oil revenues for both, and what happened to his ship in the Hormuz strait.
What do we know about the stranded ship?

Sources: Al Jazeera