Econsignal Sanctions Impact

{
  "compliance_implications": "Iranian oil reaching global markets via third-country blending and mislabeling. Due diligence requires cargo tracking, port call history, vessel ownership chains.",
  "economic_impact": {
    "fx_reserves_usd_bn": 4,
    "gdp_at_max_sanctions_vs_counterfactual_loss_pct": 25,
    "inflation_attributable_to_sanctions_pct": 30,
    "oil_exports_current_mbpd": 1.5,
    "oil_exports_pre_sanctions_mbpd": 2.5,
    "primary_evasion_route": "China — absorbing ~1.2M bpd at discount (20-30% below Brent)",
    "shadow_fleet_vessels": 150
  },
  "evasion_effectiveness": {
    "primary_enablers": [
      "China",
      "UAE (re-export hub)",
      "Iraq",
      "Turkey (historical)"
    ],
    "rating": "Highly effective — estimated 60-70% of sanctions impact offset by evasion"
  },
  "query_summary": {
    "country": "Iran",
    "iso2": "IR",
    "regimes_active": [
      "OFAC",
      "EU",
      "UN"
    ]
  },
  "sanctions_profile": {
    "key_designations": [
      "OFAC SDN list 3,200+ Iranian entities",
      "EU asset freeze 2,100+ entities"
    ],
    "primary_regimes": [
      "US OFAC — comprehensive since 1979; JCPOA reimposition 2018",
      "EU — oil, financial, arms since 2012",
      "UN — arms embargo, nuclear-related"
    ],
    "sectors_targeted": [
      "Oil and gas",
      "Banking and SWIFT",
      "Arms/military",
      "IRGC entities",
      "Petrochemicals"
    ]
  },
  "satellite_evidence": {
    "arak_heavy_water_reactor": "Satellite imagery confirms continued construction activity despite nuclear sanctions",
    "nightlights_trend": "Tehran stable; Khuzestan oil province showing recovery in light activity post-2023",
    "shipping_ais_dark": "Large portion of Iranian tanker fleet going AIS-dark in Gulf — estimated 80+ vessels with transponders off"
  }
}

# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/sanctions-impact?country=Russia&lang=en&regime=all'

# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/sanctions-impact?country=Russia&lang=en&regime=all' \
  | grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decode

// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";

// Pays at most $0.2 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.2" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);

// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.2 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Feconsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com%2Fapi%2Feconsignal%2Fsanctions-impact
const res = await pay("https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/sanctions-impact?country=Russia&lang=en&regime=all");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client

# Pays at most $0.2 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.2"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))

with x402_requests(client) as session:
    res = session.get("https://econsignalpulse.theaslangroupllc.com/api/econsignal/sanctions-impact?country=Russia&lang=en&regime=all")
    print(res.status_code, res.text)