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nuclear reactors. Rouhani said that Iran gave a 60-day deadline to remaining signatories of the JCPOA to protect it from U.S. sanctions and provide additional economic support. Otherwise, at the end of that deadline, Iran would exceed the limits on its stockpile of enriched uranium. In September 2019, as a third major step to scale down commitments to the 2015 nuclear accord, after another 60-day deadline, Iran nullified all limits on nuclear research and development.

1350:. The sanctions targeted Mohammad Reza Ansari, an official with a unit of IRGC-Qods Force “tasked with undertaking covert operations abroad, including planning and conducting intelligence and lethal operations against Iranian dissidents and other non-Iranian nationals in the United States, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa”. The US sanctions will also affect Hossein Hafez Amini, a dual Iranian and Turkish national, for assisting the IRGC-QF's covert operations. 6446: 6576: 1582: 396: 787:

programs, (2) the sale or transfer to Iran of military equipment or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, and (3) Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and affiliated foreign persons. The President may also impose sanctions against persons responsible for violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against individuals in Iran, and can waive the imposition or continuation of sanctions.

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Iran. For example, Iran faces a critical shortage of spare parts that are needed to repair dual-use equipment used to produce medicine. Sanctions have also prevented Iran from procuring active ingredients necessary to manufacture locally produced medicine to treat asthma, cancer, and multiple sclerosis.

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said the purpose of the action is sending a message to the Iranian regime that any attack on U.S. interests or on those of our allies by Iran will be faced with our unremitting response. Also, he declared in the statement, we are not looking for war with Iran but ready to repel to any attack, whether

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described the sanctions against Iran as "unjust and harmful". "The reimposition of sanctions against Iran after the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, which had been unanimously adopted by the Security Council with the support of the United States itself, lays bare

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Iran could reduce the world price of crude petroleum by 10 percent, saving the United States annually between $ 38 billion (at the 2005 world oil price of $ 50/bbl) and $ 76 billion (at the proximate 2008 world oil price of $ 100/bbl). Opening Iran’s market place to foreign investment could also be a

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In September 2020, the United States said that it imposed sanctions on Judge Seyyed Mahmoud Sadati, Judge Mohammad Soltani, Branch 1 of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz, and Adel Abad, Orumiyeh, and Vakilabad Prisons. Elliott Abrams said "the sanctions targeted a judge who sentenced Iranian wrestler

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In June 2023, the United States sanctioned a procurement network involving seven individuals and six entities in Iran and the People's Republic of China (PRC) for supporting the activities of the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, Parchin Chemical Industries, and P.B. Sadr as key actors

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said on February 8, 2021, that he would not lift economic sanctions against Iran until Iran complies with the terms of the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal. Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei had previously said that Tehran would only return to compliance if the United States first lifted all economic sanctions.

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On 8 May 2019, according to article 36 of the JCPOA agreement, Iran was allowed to reply in case of non-compliance by other signatories. President Rouhani announced that Iran was acting in reply to "the European countries' failure" and held on to stockpiles of excess uranium and heavy water used in

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The United States imposed additional financial sanctions against Iran, effective 1 July 2013. An administration official explained that according to the new Executive Order "significant transactions in the rial will expose anyone to sanctions," and predicted “it should cause banks and exchanges to

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The United States has ostensibly exempted humanitarian items from sanctions, but in practice the prohibition against business with Iranian banks and the reduction in issuance of certain medical export licenses by the United States Treasury Department enforcement agency have caused difficulties in

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These treasury and other arms of the government, both under Obama and Trump, have basically weakened the JCPOA extensively, which has kept a lot of the sanctions regime intact. In August 2018, the Trump administration reimposed sanctions and warned that anyone doing business with Iran will not be

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The sanctions imposed on Iran at the beginning of 2012 "had persistent and significant effects on the Iranian economy. The cost reached its maximum of 19.1% of real gross domestic product 4 years after the application of the sanctions, and the economy has not fully recovered after their removal."

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As of December 2018, United States sanctions were reportedly affecting hundreds of Iranian university students in the United Kingdom, preventing them from being able to readily pay their tuition fees and forcing them to choose between abandoning their studies or using dangerous means to transfer

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In Semptember 2024, The United States imposed sanctions on 12 Iranian officials for human rights abuses. The sanctions targeted members of Iran's security forces involved in suppressing protests, prison officials linked to torture and executions, and operatives involved in targeting dissidents

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In June 2022, Iran claimed that despite changes imposed on by the continuance of U.S. sanctions, oil sales have remained at relatively high levels. According to figures from the petroleum ministry, Iran is currently exporting more than a million barrels of crude oil and gas condensate daily.

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On 13 August 2018 Iran Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that "mismanagement" harmed Iran more than U.S. sanctions did. "More than the sanctions, economic mismanagement (by the government) is putting pressure on ordinary Iranians ... I do not call it betrayal but a huge mistake in

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On 19 May 2020, the United States sanctions targeted Shanghai Saint Logistics Limited, a PRC-based company that provides general sales agent services for Mahan Air. The United States claimed that Iran used Mahan Air to carry gold of fuel sales of Venezuela. Also, Iran denied the allegation.

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The Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) was enacted in August 2017 and imposed sanctions against Iran, as well as against Russia and North Korea. CAATSA requires the President to impose sanctions against: (1) Iran's ballistic missile or weapons of mass destruction

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because of sanctions pressure from the United States, leaving CNPC to take up their 50.1% stake in the natural gas field, of which it had already 30%. It held this 80.1% share until it withdrew its investment in October 2019 due once again to the U.S. sanctions, according to Oil Minister

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In December 2020, according to the central bank chief of Iran, Iran could not pay for a COVID-19 vaccine because of U.S. sanctions against Iranian banks. In March 2020, during the first wave of the pandemic, the United States blocked Iran's request for an emergency $ 5 billion IMF loan.

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According to an Iranian journalist, the effects of sanctions in Iran include expensive basic goods and an aging and increasingly unsafe aircraft fleet. "According to reports from Iranian news agencies, 17 planes have crashed over the past 25 years, killing approximately 1,500 people."

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The Iran and Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA) was signed into law on 5 August 1996 by President Clinton. ISA (the renamed ILSA in 2006) targets both American and non-American businesses that make investments over $ 20 million in Iran for the development of

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said: "When the (European) Commission goes after Google or digital giants which do not pay the taxes they should in Europe, America takes offence. And yet, they quite shamelessly demand 8 billion from BNP or 5 billion from Deutsche Bank."

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It has also been argued the sanctions have had the counter effect of protecting Iran in some ways, for example the 2007 imposition of U.S. sanctions against Iranian financial institutions to a high degree made Iran immune to the

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John B. Reynolds, III, Amy E. Worlton and Cari N. Stinebower, "U.S. Dollar Transactions with Iran are Subject to New Restrictions – Tough Policy Decisions Face International Financial Institutions", Wiley Rein LLP, 28 November

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The European Union was critical of most of the U.S. trade sanctions against Iran. Some EU member states criticized ILSA as a "double standard" in U.S. foreign policy, in which the United States vigorously worked against the

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and other senior Syrian officials, due to Soleimani's alleged involvement in providing material support to the Syrian government. He was listed as a known terrorist, which forbade U.S. citizens from doing business with him.

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After the United States withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, many banks and businesses worldwide, including pharmaceutical and medical companies, decided not to conduct any business with Iran due to U.S. sanctions.

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by providing them logistics services and supplying parts to the Iranian airline. Federal prosecutors also filed criminal charges against one of the companies under violation of United States export control regulations.

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to sell aircraft to Iranian aviation companies. However, there are some authorizations for the export of civil aviation parts to Iran when those items are required for the safety of commercial aircraft. An analysis by

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bank had "agreed to pay $ 5.3 million to settle allegations it violated Cuban Assets Control Regulations, Iranian sanctions and Weapons of Mass Destruction sanctions 87 times, the United States Treasury said".

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abroad. The U.S. Treasury highlighted the ongoing repression and called out the Iranian regime’s systematic human rights violations, including abuses against peaceful protesters and political activists.

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On 8 April 2019, the United States imposed economic and travel sanctions on the IRGC and organizations, companies and individuals affiliated with it. Hossein Salami was one of the individuals listed.

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On the other hand, Iran said that it would suspend the implementation of the Additional Protocol, if the other parties to the 2015 nuclear pact do not fulfill their obligations by February 21, 2021.

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An embargo on Iranian goods and services was imposed in 1987 in response to Iran's actions from 1981 to 1987 against the United States and other vessels in the Persian Gulf and because of Iran's

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Iran Sanctions: Strategy, Implementation, and Enforcement: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Second Session, 17 May 2012

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the illegitimacy of this action," said Jazairy. According to Jazairy, "chilling effect" caused by the "ambiguity" of recently reimposed sanctions, would lead to "silent deaths in hospitals".

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In May 2024 American officials have claimed that Iran uses Malaysian services to sell crude oil under US sanctions. In a meeting with Nelson, the U.S. Treasury under-secretary, Home Minister

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announced the United States has stationed an aircraft carrier strike group and Air Force bombers to the Middle East for “troubling and escalatory signs and warnings” connected to Iran.

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ruled against editing or publishing scientific manuscripts from Iran, and stated that the American scientists collaborating with Iranians could be prosecuted. As a consequence, the

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administration levied the sanctions on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Crops officials on 1 June 2023, who were convicted for plotting assassination abroad, involving against

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In May 2020 the United States charged Iranian-Iraqi Amir Dianat and his Iranian business partner with money-laundering on behalf of the Quds Force and with violating sanctions.

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of $ 50/bbl), adding 32 percent to Iran's GDP. In the oil-and-gas sector, output and exports would expand by 25-to-50 percent (adding 3 percent to world crude oil production).

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programs, making trade in them subject to sanctions. However, the department extended nuclear-cooperation waivers on Iran's civil nuclear program, renewing them for 90 days.

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of 1996 to declare United States sanctions against Iran null and void in Europe and ban European citizens and companies from complying with them. The EC also instructed the

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On 19 May 2019, Trump threatened Iran and said in his Twitter post "If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again!"

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Judges in The Hague unanimously ruled that the sanctions on some goods breached a 1955 "friendship treaty" between Iran and the US that predates Iran's Islamic Revolution.

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was granted a waiver that would allow the country to continue purchasing gas, energy and food products from Iran on the condition that the purchases were not paid for in

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of 1996 (ILSA, later renamed to Iran Sanctions Act (ISA)). Declarations under NEA and IEEPA must be renewed annually to remain in effect. Another sanctions law is the

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In April 2019, the United States threatened to sanction countries continuing to buy oil from Iran after an initial six-month waiver announced in November expired.

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According to a study by Akbar E. Torbat, "overall, the sanctions' economic effect" on Iran "has been significant, while its political effect has been minimal."

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In November 2018, the United States officially reinstated all sanctions against Iran that had been lifted before the United States withdrew from the JCPOA.

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on December 1, 2018, under an extradition request by United States authorities for allegedly putting HSBC bank at risk of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.

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market, which allows Iranians to transfer money to and from foreign countries using an underground unregulated exchange system. In June 2010, in the case

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had approved nearly 10,000 exceptions to U.S. sanctions rules worldwide over the preceding decade by issuing special licenses for American companies.

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include an embargo on dealings with the country by the United States, and a ban on selling aircraft and repair parts to Iranian aviation companies.

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On 8 October 2020, the United States imposed further sanctions on Iran's financial sector, targeting 18 Iranian banks. The banks targeted are

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European and United States sanctions do not affect Iran's electricity exports, which creates a loophole for Iran's natural gas reserves.

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In May 2019, the United States warned banks, investors, traders, and companies of the United Kingdom which trade with Iran through the

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able to do business with the United States. However, the United States will be granting waivers to certain countries. For example,

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to develop in order to fill the gap left by foreign contractors. According to U.S. officials, Iran may lose up to $ 60 billion in

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On 24 June 2019, the US imposed sanctions on eight senior commanders of the navy, aerospace and ground forces components of IRGC.

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On 21 April 2019, a few days before United States sanctions were due to take effect, Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed

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in 1997, President Clinton eased sanctions on Iran. In 2000 the sanctions for items such as pharmaceuticals, medical equipment,

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to prohibit the United States from trading with Iran. Trade with the United States, which had been growing since the end of the

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The safety deficiencies arising out of the United States sanctions against the civil aviation of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Iranian financial institutions are barred from directly accessing the U.S. financial system, but they are permitted to do so

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while at the same time promoted a worldwide boycott of Iran. The EU member states threatened formal counter-action in the

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prohibition on loans or credits from United States financial institutions of over $ 10 million in any 12-month period,

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froze about US$ 8.1 billion in Iranian assets, including bank deposits, gold and other properties. It also imposed a

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In 2009, there was discussion in the United States of implementing "crippling sanctions" against Iran, such as the

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resources in Iran. They face having imposed against them two out of seven possible penalties by the United States:

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imposed an arms embargo in 1983 on Iran, including United States military spare parts to the military during the

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began limiting users linked to Iran, and several other countries under U.S. sanctions, access to its services.

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The United States imposed sanction of 1995 bans aviation companies from selling aircraft and repair parts to

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warned that sanctions are aimed at strangling the economy of Iran and would create much discontent toward

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found that a third of the 117 Iranian planes designated by the U.S. had experienced accidents or crashes.

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For individuals and small businesses, these banking restrictions have created a large opportunity for the

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freezing the assets of individuals connected with Iran's nuclear program. In June 2007, the U.S. state of

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On 4 November 2019, the United States imposed new sanctions on the core inner circle of advisers to the

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agreed to pay an $ 8.9 billion fine, the largest ever, for violating United States sanctions. Germany's

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If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again!

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boon to competitive US multinational firms operating in a variety of manufacturing and service sectors.

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based aviation companies, Parthia Cargo and Delta Parts Supply, that violated U.S. sanctions on Iran's

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prohibition on serving as an agent of the United States or as a repository for U.S. government funds,

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denial of United States government procurement opportunities (consistent with WTO obligations), and

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In October 2019, the US imposed sanctions on some of the Iranian construction sector which is

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prohibition on designation as a primary dealer for United States government debt instruments,

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imposed some of the toughest sanctions against Iran in March 1995, during the presidency of

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The individuals and companies that had been added to United States sanctions list in 2018:

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The United States has since 1979 applied various economic, trade, scientific and military

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as well as seven senior leaders of Iran's various security organizations, "for violence

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said that it is "impossible" for his country to stop buying oil and natural gas from

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was fined $ 258 million for violating U.S. sanctions against Iran, Libya and Syria.

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The United States and Persian Gulf Security: The Foundations of the War on Terror

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On 31 July 2019, the United States placed sanctions on Iran's foreign minister,

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for example) were also banned from entering U.S. airspace due to the sanctions.

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Feb 03, 2017, U.S. Announces New Sanctions on Iran Over Ballistic Missile Test

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faced a $ 1.5 billion fine by the U.S. agencies for violating Iran sanctions.

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by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps or regular Iranian forces.

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In December 2008 the United States government sought 40 percent interest in

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have said that new Iran sanctions would cost $ 25 billion in U.S. exports.

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In 2014, U.S. authorities put a $ 5 million bounty on Chinese businessman

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also identified four “strategic materials” being used in connection with

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Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010

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Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010

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The United States has imposed sanctions against Iran in response to the

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United States President Donald Trump announced an intention to withdraw

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Aircraft, November 2001, Iran Air Rare and Exclusive, Kian Noush, p.68

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to death," who was convicted of murdering a security guard during the

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Changes in Iranian oil production in response to sanctions, 2011–2018

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to investigate possible violations of U.S. sanctions against Iran by

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dump their rial holdings.” This took place as Iran's president-elect

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In February 2004, during the final year of Khatami's presidency, the

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reported Iran's non-compliance with its safeguards agreement to the

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Donald Trump's threat for the destruction of Iranian cultural sites

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On 7 June 2019, the United States imposed sanctions on some of the

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According to a 2019 AlJazeera report, some tech companies like as

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enacted a boycott on companies trading with Iran and Sudan, while

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On 20 September 2019, the United States imposed sanctions on the

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Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act

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In June 2019, Trump imposed sanctions on Iranian Supreme Leader

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to freeze over $ 2 billion held for Iran in Citigroup accounts.

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Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present)

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denial of export licenses for exports to the violating company,

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El-Ghobashy, Birnbaum and Morello, Tamer, Michael and Carol.

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repeatedly condemned the American sanctions against Iran as "

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On 15 April 2019, the United States designated the IRGC as a

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Tracking the impact of U.S. sanctions on Iran civil aviation

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On 8 June 2020, the United States imposed new sanctions of

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Phone conversation between Barack Obama and Hassan Rouhani

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Aircraft Safety in Iran: OFAC is Not (Entirely) in The Way

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Senate overwhelmingly passes new Russia and Iran sanctions

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United States raid on the Iranian Liaison Office in Erbil

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on the United States to lift the sanctions against Iran.

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Trade restrictions levied by the United States government

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Iranian interference in the 2024 United States elections

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December 2019 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria

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Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights

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Sanction Law. 7 April 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2014.

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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

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On 18 May 2011, the United States imposed sanctions on

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ISA was extended several times under the presidency of

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