economic sanctions on iran

• Expanded EU Economic Sanctions On Iran, Syria, Libya, And Belarus

This week, the European Union (EU) extended the asset freeze and admission ban to additional individuals for Syria1, Libya2, Belarus3, and Iran4, as w...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Update on US Economic Sanctions - Iran.

The US continues to impose economic sanctions on trade with respect to a number of countries, including Burma, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ira...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2010, January 2010

• Update on US Economic Sanctions - Iran

The US continues to impose economic sanctions on trade with respect to a number of countries, including Burma, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ira...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Iran Frees American for $500k

TEHRAN, Iran - In just a few dizzying hours, American Sarah Shourd exchanged a cell in Tehran's Evin Prison for a private jet crossing the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, after an apparent diplomatic deal to cover a $500,000 bail and secure a release that seemed in jeopardy from the start. Shourd was met by her mother and U.S. diplomats at a royal airfield in the capital of Oman, which U.S. officials say played a critical role in organizing the bail payment and assuring it did not violate American economic sanctions on Iran.

• Charleston Gazette
• September 15, 2010

• Will a New Lebanese President Make a Difference?

Lebanon's surface politics is covertly international. There is an ongoing confrontation between Iran and the U.S. over the issue of Hizbullah's arms, making the Lebanese situation even more precarious. Americans have zero tolerance for militias, which it considers agencies of terrorism; while Iran supports Hizbullah, which it considers a legitimate movement for political struggle. Both Iran and the U.S. have exerted pressure against compromise. For the U.S., a future Lebanese president who would authorize Hizbullah's militia is equated with a leader who carries the sword against Israel and Uncle Sam, and who opens the borders of his country for Syria and Iran's alleged programs of terrorism. Reciprocally, for Iran, a president that is unfriendly to Hizbullah is equated with a leader who...

... and threatened the stability of the economic system. For about a year, the opposition has been ... imposed a heavier dose of economic sanctions on Iran to coerce President Ahmedinejad to abandon...

• Arab American News, The
• August 21, 2009

• Eu Feeling Pressure of U.S. Sanctions On Iran ; Many Individual Nations Have Economic Dealings with Tehran

LONDON With tough new U.S. sanctions against Iran in place, the question is: Will European nations agree on biting measures of their own as the only way to make the unilateral U.S. action truly effective? For their part, European officials worried Friday that the Bush administration's designation of Iranian agencies and companies as supporters of terrorism and purveyors of weapons threatens efforts to bring Iran back into the fold of diplomacy. That could erect a formidable barricade against relations with Tehran for years, some analysts warned.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• October 30, 2007

• A Conservative Estimate of Total Direct U.S. Aid to Israel: Almost $114 Billion

It is an estimate because arriving at an exact figure is not possible, since parts of U.S. aid to Israel are a buried in the budgets of various U.S. agencies, mostly that of the Defense Department (DOD), or b in a form not easily quantifiable, such as the early disbursement of aid, giving Israel a direct benefit in interest income and the U.S. Treasury a corresponding loss. Among other "indirect or consequential" costs would be the costs of U.S. unilateral economic sanctions on Iran, Iraq, Libya and Syria, the costs to U.S. manufacturers of the Arab boycott, and the costs to U.S. companies and consumers of the 1973 Arab oil embargo and consequent and subsequent soaring oil prices partially as a result of U.S. support for Israel.

• Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, The
• Vol. 27 Nbr. 8, November 2008

• U.S. Sanctions Three Groups for Attacks On Election Protesters

The Obama administration imposed new economic and travel sanctions on Iran's police and paramilitary forces for their role in violence against protesters after 2009 elections. The sanctions, announced by the State and Treasury departments, singled out the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the domestic Basij and the Law Enforcement Forces, as well as Ismail Ahmadi Moghaddam, the forces commander.

• The Washington Times
• June 10, 2011

• U.S. Woman Leaves Iran After Release -- Her Two Companions Remain Imprisoned

TEHRAN, Iran - In just a few dizzying hours, American Sarah Shourd exchanged a cell in Tehran's Evin Prison for a private jet crossing the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, after an apparent diplomatic deal to cover a $500,000 bail and secure a release that seemed in jeopardy from the start. Shourd was met by her mother, Nora, and U.S. diplomats at a royal airfield in the capital of Oman, which U.S. officials say played a critical role in organizing the bail payment and assuring it did not violate American economic sanctions on Iran.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• September 15, 2010

• Oil Greasing Dollar's Skid ; Opec's Move Adds to Woes of Currency, Economy

While Washington pushes economic sanctions on Iran, Iran is pushing back with some economic penalties of its own that are helping to drive the price of oil toward a record $100 a barrel. The radical Middle Eastern state, joined by Venezuela and Ecuador - the newest OPEC member, which is pushing the oil cartel further toward the radical camp - succeeded last weekend in persuading a majority of OPEC members to study its proposal to discard the link between oil and the dollar.

• The Washington Times
• November 22, 2007