Iran Sanctions [electronic resource].
- Corporate Author
- Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division
- Published
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (79 pages), digital, PDF file
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- Summary
- Discusses legislative history, provisions, interpretations, and implementation of P.L. 107-24, the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA), which mandates U.S. penalties against foreign companies determined to have invested in Iran energy sector; and identifies enhancements to ISA under P.L. 111-195, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act. Examines ban on U.S. trade and investment with Iran, "targeted financial measures" of Treasury Department, terrorism list designation-related sanctions, proliferation-related sanctions, U.S. efforts to promote divestment, U.S. sanctions intended to support democratic change in Iran or alter its foreign policy, and blocked Iranian property and assets. Discusses UN sanctions; international implementation and compliance; overall effect of U.S., UN, and other country sanctions; and recent and pending legislation to impose additional sanctions.
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- Related Titles
- ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection
- Note
- CRS Report.
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