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Maritime intelligence firm Windward AI has identified approximately 20 million barrels of Iranian crude oil staged in an offshore ship-to-ship transfer hub near Malaysia, highlighting the persistence of Iran's shadow fleet even as the US enforces a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. The network — involving hundreds of tankers operating with disabled tracking systems, false flags, and shell-company ownership — routes an estimated 90% of its cargo to Chinese refineries, raising questions about both the effectiveness of US maximum-pressure sanctions and the growing convergence of Iranian and Russian sanctions-evasion infrastructure.