U.S. Sanctions against Iran: Background and Possible Consequences

... for the internationalization of the sanctions and the parameters for reporting on cooperation with the European Union. The European Union also retained some of the sanctions against Iran, primarily in connection with human rights violations. However, CAATSA and the remaining EU sanctions and UN Security Council restrictions were not critical for Iran. None of these measures inflicted any damage on the Iranian economy and were more symbolic in nature than anything else. Far more dangerous for Iran was the Donald Trump’ announcement that ...