With economic sanctions finally lifted, Iranians are hoping for a big boost in their nation’s economy. Pakistan, whose nuclear arms are meant to keep India in check anyway, will not have a new excuse to increase its arsenal, and Saudi Arabia, probably the only Arab country who could develop nuclear weapons, has no excuse to start.
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Senator Bob Corker is the first USA senator to confirm reports by Reuters that there was a link between the Obama administration’s delaying sanctions over Iran’s ballistic missile program and efforts to free Americans held prisoner there.
That same day, a prisoner swap was announced: Iran released five American hostages in exchange for the U.S. dropping sanctions-related charges against six Iranian-Americans and one Iranian inside the U.S. The Obama administration is crediting it as a major diplomatic victory.
Prior to the sanctions, in 2011, Japan’s crude imports from Iran had averaged 313,480 b/d. This authorization also permits storage and transmission of emails and other documents related to Iranian business by non-US subsidiaries on the USA parent company’s automated and globally integrated data systems. Iran has already adopted a new law making investment in this sector more attractive to foreign multinationals. Under this amended policy, both U.S. and non-U.S. persons will be permitted on a case-by-case basis to export, re-export, sell, lease, or transfer to Iran commercial passenger aircraft for civil use, as well as spare parts, components, and services related to such commercial passenger aircraft. Iran, literally and figuratively, has brought America to its knees.
Finally, the USA will also allow the unlicensed import of Iranian food, including saffron and caviar, and carpets pursuant to the JCPOA.
Facilitation: U.S. persons continue to be prohibited from approving, guaranteeing, financing or otherwise facilitating transactions with Iran.
The lifting of worldwide sanctions on Iran is a triumph for diplomacy over confrontation and conflict in the world’s most troubled region.
The commentary pointed out that “U.S. President Barack Obama is counting on the [assumption] that, in the course of this period, a change will occur in Iran’s behavior …” 13224), regional destabilization (E.O.
Israeli human rights group Yesh Din said Shapiro’s comments were grounded in data it has been collecting, which showed an 85 per cent failure rate in investigating ideologically motivated crimes by Israelis against Palestinians. The reason given was a ballistic missile test that occurred last October. 12938 and 13382), and to secondary sanctions under the Specially Designated Nationals List.
U.S.-origin goods, services and technology: The direct or indirect export, reexport, sale or supply of any U.S.-origin goods, services or technology remains prohibited.
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Funds: Transfers of funds to, from, or through a US financial institution for transactions involving Iran are prohibited. Tomorrow, flush with cash from the removal of sanctions, the destabilising influences of state terror sponsor Iran and its proxies are certain to widen this circle. Besides, I’ve always kind of liked Iranians; it would be nice to see their willingness to cooperate on at least some level with everyone else suitably rewarded. These are set to remain in place for eight years.
