Employee of an oil producing enterprise. File photoSt. Petersburg, June 18The US accusation of Rosneft of participating in the supply of Iranian oil to Europe is absolutely unfounded and unlawful, said the head of the company, Igor Sechin. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in late May, that Russian authorities and state-owned companies are helping the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to smuggle oil and launder proceeds. According to Rosneft spokesman Mikhail Leontiev, the company intends to file a lawsuit against the US Treasury Department, which announced the company's participation in the transportation of large consignments of Iranian oil. .jpg» />»Rosneft» sued Forbes»U.S. administration officials once again absolutely unfoundedly and wrongfully accused our company of supplying Iranian oil to Europe. I would like to thank the Russian Foreign Ministry for strongly protesting the trumped up accusations, voiced by high-ranking US officials,» Sechin said at the SPIEF session. The 25th Anniversary St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is being held in St. RIA Novosti acts as an information partner of the forum.
