... plan), [
8
] which amounted to Tehran’s capitulation on a number of its foreign policy priorities. Among the most sensitive sanctions was the ban on the import and transportation of Iranian oil, which the Americans extended to all buyers. That is, the sanctions were declared extraterritorial again.
The EU and the parties to the nuclear deal (UK, Germany, China, Russia, France, and naturally Iran) reacted harshly to Donald Trump’s demarche. For the EU, the undermining of the JCPOA was a sensitive issue both politically and economically. Brussels has long promoted the idea of multilateral diplomacy. Furthermore, when the main sanctions against ...
Iran in the Middle East: Regional Spoiler or Stakeholder?
Iran’s critical role ... ... than it is part of the solution. Of course, Iran’s friends and partners, including Russia, argue the opposite. All these disagreements notwithstanding, the broad international... ... Islamic Republic. The White House walked out of the JCPOA, introduced new and tough sanctions against Tehran, and started energetically building a broad anti-Iran coalition...
... Iraq. At the same time, commanders of Iraq’s armored divisions
confirmed the readiness
of military personnel to operate the battle tanks after they had received training from Russian trainers, according to Rossiyskaya Gazeta. As Abadi put it, Iraqi-Russian ties “remained substantive and they were not influenced by the US.”
On a regional scale, the anti-Iran sanctions badly dent Iraq’s possible commercial transactions. Starting from early May, the United States will end its six-month sanctions waivers for oil imports that have allowed eight governments to do business with Iran. Although Iraq does not import ...
... sanctions against both American and foreign companies, large companies and small businesses.
RIAC Report “The Sanctions Against Russia: Escalation Scenarios and Countermeasures”
In 2018, the French bank Societe Generale agreed to pay the US Treasury the ... ... fine, almost $54 million. The Treasury accused the French bank of conducting over a thousand transactions that violated the sanctions regime against Cuba, Iran and Sudan worth $5.5 billion during 2007-2012. The American regulator also established a number of aggravating circumstances ...
... already made against Russian citizens of interfering with the midterm elections, as well as the possibility of a broad interpretation of any actions by Russian government and non-governmental agencies, the December report will most likely include the “Russian trace.” It might be diluted with other traditional evil-wishers like China, North Korea and Iran, but the main question is how exactly the sanctions will be calibrated to the scope of the alleged foreign interference identified. Freezing alleged hackers’ assets is one thing, but sectoral sanctions are something else.
Another Executive Order,
No. 13849
, includes actions aimed at implementing ...
Iran does not have sufficient resources to ensure the rebuilding of the war-torn country ... ... issue is a priority for the United States, and he has repeatedly discussed it with his Russian counterparts. However, Russia has made it clear that it would be impossible... ... and the justification of Iran’s presence in the combat zones.
Ivan Timofeev:
U.S. Sanctions against Iran: Background and Possible Consequences
The reinstatement of sanctions...
... walking out on the nuclear agreement (JCPOA) with Iran. Iran has not breached its terms, but the US is withdrawing from it and much of the reason for that is again over domestic political considerations. Moreover, they are reviving the exterritorial sanctions against the Iranian energy sector, something that has been denounced by the EU, China and Russia. The US is isolated in this respect and this is likely to undermine the effectiveness of sanctions against Tehran. There is no doubt that Moscow is taking the Iranian experience into account.
Third, Moscow is active in minimizing the damage of ...
... the framework of the meeting: current dynamics of the sanctions regime of the Western countries towards Russia and prospects for the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, the issues of the EU-the U.S. relations in connection with the situation around Iran, possible measures and mechanisms for mitigating sanctions, as well as scenarios for the development of foreign policy economic instruments in the U.S., EU, Russia, and China.
Leading scientists and experts in the area of international relations, world economy, conflict resolution, as well as representatives of law firms took part in the event.
... less adapted to life under long-term sanctions rather than abandoning policies. Iran, one such target country, has unparalleled experience of living under sanctions
The history of sanctions against Iran deserves close analysis in light of the growing sanctions pressure on Russia. Although Iran and Russia are different countries facing different sanctions paradigms, Iran’s experience is meaningful if only because both countries have to contend with US sanction law.
Sanctions have become a powerful tool over the past century, wielded ...
... nuclear issue and in the area of the Syrian conflict resolution,
noted
the effectiveness of cooperation between Russia and Iran. In other words, the last meeting can be regarded as Moscow's response to Washington's threats against Iran.
The feeling that Iran and Russia are in the same sanctions boat
appeared
in 2014 after the accession of the Crimea. As the U.S. pressure increased, the consolidation of the sides based on the counteraction to Washington only intensified. An attempt to bring collective anti-Americanism to a new level ...
