Iran Sanctions.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arms control.

Power resources.

Executive orders.

Corporations, Foreign.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (82 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 13-RS-20871w in the 2013 issue.

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, financial sanctions, 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, executive orders to sanction Iranian involvement in the Middle East, and blocked Iranian property and assets. Discusses UN sanctions; international implementation and compliance; overall effectiveness of sanctions on Iran; and recent and pending legislation to impose additional sanctions.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Foreign Affairs Division. Iran Sanctions

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