... directed against the state, for at least two reasons.
First, the damage from sanctions imposed on sectors of the economy, organisations, enterprises and even individual citizens usually isn’t limited exclusively to them, but has a wider effect. US sanctions against Iran’s oil or financial sectors can nominally be considered “smart” and “pin-point”. However, the damage from them affects wide strata of the population. For example, sanctions against banks has make it difficult for Iran to obtain medical equipment ...
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Ivan Timofeev:
Strategic Rivalry: Prospects for Russian-American Relations in the New US Political Cycle
Such targeted measures are routine, quite expected and likely. The Treasury will routinely expand “black lists” in other key areas of the sanctions policy—Iran, North Korea, Cuba, China, as well as functional topics—terrorism, the fight against drug trafficking, human rights, etc.
However, all these restrictions are based or will be based on already-existing legal mechanisms. Joe Biden and Congress have ...
... a result of Trump’s withdrawal from the deal, and “provide guarantees” that this scenario will not be repeated in the future. There is a catch here. Biden does not have to immediately take up the task of returning to the JCPOA and lifting all sanctions on Iran. Most likely, J. Biden will still bargain with Tehran on the terms of returning to the deal and terms of providing some partial sanctions relief. The issue of sanctions will not only run into new terms that the Biden administration can offer the ...
... establishment and expert community are debating the prospects for Russia and Iran attaining a “balance of influence” in light of the results of the upcoming presidential elections in the United States. It is predicted that, if Donald Trump prevails, Iranian potential will remain hampered by sanctions, while a Joe Biden victory might cause Washington to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (nuclear deal) and, as a consequence, strengthen Iranian economic presence in Syria. Is it any surprise then that the active exchange of delegations ...
... conventional weapons to Iran, provided for by UN Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015). On September 21, 2020, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order (“Blocking property of certain persons with respect to the conventional arms activities of Iran”) imposing sanctions on any individual or legal entity engaged in the supply, sale or transfer of conventional weapons and their components to Tehran. The document allows the United States to impose sanctions on any state involved in the arms trade with Iran. The ...
... JCPOA. As Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted on 27 August, 2020, the United States will snap back the sanctions against Iran on September 20. In his interpretation, "Last week, the US triggered the 30-day process to restore virtually all UN sanctions on Iran after the Security Council failed to uphold its mission to maintain international peace and security." “If any member of the UN Security Council introduces a resolution to continue sanctions relief, the U.S. will oppose it. If no resolution ...
... Russian business has experience in dividing up the roles with Iran, the leading economic player in Syria. For instance, the global media took notice of the
agreement to jointly develop the phosphate fields
in Palmyra, which was liberated from ISIL by pro-Iranian units.
New sanctions will most likely postpone China’s involvement in the reconstruction effort, since China was already somewhat cautious, confining itself to humanitarian aid on a rather modest scale by Chinese standards (on March 4, an agreement was signed ...
... circulated a draft UN resolution that would extend the embargo, and
Secretary Pompeo
vowed to use all means available to do so. In case of failure, Washington has threatened to trigger the so-called
"snapback" mechanism
deal to return all UN sanctions on Iran. At the same time, most of the
US House
urges more diplomacy to renew the Iran arms embargo.
Andrey Kortunov, Michel Duclos:
A Crisis Management Mechanism in the Middle East Is Needed More Than Ever
According to Washington, lifting the embargo will ...
... forced to comply with the US sanctions, and they don’t find convincing the protection guarantees issued by the EU. We are talking about overlapping sanctions imposed by the United States and the EU in the case of Rotenberg, which is not applicable to Iran.
The EU sanctions policy faces dilemmas of governance and sovereignty. Both dilemmas are recognised by EU leadership. They were included, for example, in a recent letter by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to Valdis Dombrovskis, the European ...
... initiate full-scale fighting. By promising additional sanctions against Iran and calling on the states still remaining in the nuclear deal to withdraw, in effect, Trump returned to the status quo. The US is once again cutting off the Iranians oxygen with sanctions, while Iran is once again exploring the possible areas to “tweak” the United States.
The escalation did not lead to a general détente but demonstrated the unwillingness of the parties to start large-scale hostilities and an unnecessary war. One of the key ...
