... summer of 2010. In addition, many states have imposed sanctions unilaterally. The most severe sanctions (involving Iran's banking and insurance system, as well as the oil and petrochemicals sector) were enforced in 2012 by the United States and the European Union, and later joined by many other countries. The 2012 sanctions delivered a heavy blow to the Iranian economy, forcing its leadership to make certain concessions on the nuclear issue to the six-power group. As of today, the possibility of reaching a full-fledged agreement appears quite real.
Most importantly, under the current conditions, the ...
... meeting of analysts from European Council of Foreign Relations and Russian Middle East experts.
According to
Daniel Levy
, ECFR Director of the Middle East and North Africa Program, settlement of the Syria situation should impact both relations with Iran and its talks with the "group of six" on the nuclear program. Mr. Levy believes that the Syria and Iran issues should be linked. When intentions for military solution in Syria prevail, Iran's domestic situation goes one way, but if diplomacy ...
... positions in the regional political field. The United States and its allies in the EU are applying unprecedented efforts to eliminate Bashar al-Assad's regime – the most powerful of Teheran’s allies in the Middle East.
To exert pressure on Iran, the European Union has mobilized almost the entire arsenal of sanctions available to it, namely placing a freeze on assets in member countries; a travel ban on individuals in the sanctions list; an embargo on arms and related materials, goods and technology,...
