Myanmar military disguised Iranian jet fuel shipments as diesel

Myanmar's military has been secretly importing Iranian jet fuel by labelling it as diesel in official documents to avoid U.S. sanctions. Two shipments arrived in Yangon, one in May 2025 worth $26 million and one in December 2025 worth $15.8 million. Both were loaded at an Iranian port, according to satellite images. One tanker sent false signals showing Bangladesh as its destination. Myanmar's foreign exchange regulator sent a letter ordering a local energy company to change the fuel's label in import records. Tests later confirmed the fuel was jet fuel, not diesel. The activist group Justice for Myanmar found the documents on a government server that was briefly open to the public.