US lawmaker condemns Tuvaluan Iranian reflagging

The South Pacific pounds the serpentine coastline of Funafuti Atoll, 19 February 2004, home to nearly half of Tuvalu's entire population of 11,500, as king tides threaten to inundate the tiny island nation. Leaders of small Pacific island states on 04 December 2007 demanded that a key climate change conference in Bali do more than talk, calling for urgent action to stop sea levels from rising due to global warming

Tuvalu: Up to 22 Iranian ships have been registered in the South Pacific nation, according to prominent Democrat Howard Berman.

A prominent US lawmaker has asked the small South Pacific island nation Tuvalu to stop reflagging Iranian oil tankers and warned its government of the risks of running afoul of US sanctions.

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