Following up on reported similar threats to Tanzania, Rep.  Howard Berman (D - CA), the former House Committee on Foreign Affairs chairman has threatened the tiny island nation of Tuvalu with sanctions over their reflagging service, which is reportedly be using by some Iranian oil tankers.

Reflagging the ships wouldn't stop them from being under the assorted embargoes on Iranian oil, but it might conceivably make it easier for them to buy insurance, which according to Berman is "sanctionable activity" from a US perspective.

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Tuvalu's embassy could not be reached for comment on the threat, primarily because Tuvalu has no embassy.