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Bookmark or Share- Sanctions 8: Timeline of Sanctions - The Iran PrimerBarack Obama administration: The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (2010) amended the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, which had required sanctions on companies involved in Iran’s energy sector. The new legislation further restricted investments in energy and cut off financing for the Revolutionary Guards.
- US Sanctions Iran Leadership - The Iran PrimerThe Obama administration has implemented four rounds of sanctions in the past week alone. The following are excerpts from the press release, including a link to the full text at the end.
- The Obama Administration - The Iran PrimerThe Obama administration—along with Russia and France, the original parties to the Geneva deal—viewed the revised package primarily as an Iranian attempt to avoid U.N. sanctions. By then the sanctions process had acquired too much momentum for the Turkey-Brazil deal to reverse.
- U.S. Sanctions - The Iran PrimerIn November 2013, the Obama administration suspended or waived a number of sanctions after reaching an interim agreement with Iran over the nuclear issue. Perhaps the most important change was that the United States did not require foreign banks to make further reductions in oil purchases, below the 1.1 million barrel per day level then
- Why Lifting U.S. Sanctions is So Complex | The Iran PrimerIn 2010, the Obama administration sanctioned dozens more IRISL affiliates as part of sanctions on Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. Sanctions on IRISL and its affiliates were lifted in January 2016 as one of the incentives for Iran to agree to limits on its nuclear program as part of the JCPOA.
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