🚨The US has sanctioned countries since 1807.
Russia has 9,302.
Iran has 3,776.
And both still sit at the center of global energy markets.
Top targets by sanction count:
→ Russia: 9,302
→ Iran: 3,776
→ Syria: 1,654
→ North Korea: 817
→ Venezuela: 707
→ China: 1,017
The UAE at 542 surprises most people.
Secondary sanctions on entities facilitating Russian and Iranian oil trade explain it.
China at 1,017 since 2014 and accelerating across tech, military, and energy supply chains.
The hard truth this map shows:
Sanctions are the West's sharpest economic weapon.
But Russia still exports 10 million barrels a day.
Iran still controls Hormuz.
The most sanctioned countries are often the most central to global energy flows.
That contradiction defines modern commodity geopolitics.
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