Reuters cites shipping intelligence and people involved in security for the reported exports since July 2026.
Reuters reports that Iran has exported some liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and jet fuel since July 2026 despite a US naval blockade, citing shipping intelligence and people involved in security.
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Some Iranian liquefied petroleum gas and jet fuel shipments have moved since the United States reimposed its naval blockade on July 14, according to Reuters' review of shipping intelligence, satellite analysis and security sources. The cargoes are a small exception to a blockade that has stopped Iran's crude exports, not evidence that its energy trade has broadly resumed.
United Against Nuclear Iran, an advocacy group that monitors tanker traffic, identified at least eight vessels carrying Iranian LPG that left the Gulf of Oman since mid-July. Separately, maritime intelligence firm SynMax said satellite imagery showed one tanker carrying Iranian jet fuel reached Myanmar in September.
Reuters found that six of the eight LPG tankers and the jet-fuel tanker were under U.S. sanctions for transporting Iranian petroleum products. UANI estimated the LPG cargoes totaled 4.1 million barrels.
Some tankers transferred cargo near Oman, while others waited in the Gulf of Oman before continuing past the blockade, according to UANI. Most later sailed to waters near Malaysia for additional ship-to-ship transfers, with China considered the likely destination. UANI described the shipments as opportunistic and said the overwhelming majority of tankers carrying Iranian products had been redirected by U.S. forces.
U.S. Central Command said Oct. 13 that its forces had disabled four commercial vessels and turned around 135 ships during the latest three months of the blockade.
A U.S. military official cautioned that a vessel's passage did not necessarily mean it had evaded the blockade. Ships are assessed individually, the official said, and some may be allowed through for humanitarian reasons. The Treasury Department also warned that ships can spoof their locations or use false identities, potentially distorting tracking data.
The limited product shipments stand in contrast to crude exports. Kpler said Iranian crude exports fell to zero in September, the first month without a shipment since the analytics firm began tracking Iran in 2013.
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