Tehran has denounced new USA sanctions imposed over Iran’s ballistic-missile program, claiming that the sanctions “have no legal or moral legitimacy” because of Washington’s arms sales to other countries in the Middle East. Not only did the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) declare last summer’s nuclear deal legitimate, unlocking some $100 billion in sanctions relief; Iran released four Americans who have been imprisoned in the country. Thursday’s report by the semi-official Fars news agency says the missiles were tested during an army exercise in central Iran.
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The United States imposed sanctions on 11 companies and individuals for supplying Iran’s ballistic missile program in a move delayed by over two weeks so as not to endanger this weekend’s release of us prisoners, sources familiar with the matter said.
A day after President Obama signed executive actions to lift economic sanctions against Iran, the impact of that deal was reverberating through the local Iranian American community – the largest Iranian diaspora community in the world. The U.S. will drop Interpol “red notices”, which amount to arrest warrants, on 14 Iranian fugitives. The sanctions are not comparable to the economy-wide sanctions just lifted as a result of Iran’s nuclear agreement with the USA and European powers.
His comments came after diplomatic sources said the United Nations nuclear watchdog would likely say Iran had complied with last July ” s landmark agreement with world powers on Tehran ” s atomic programme.
Iran also agreed to work to locate American Robert Levinson, who vanished during a trip to Iran in 2007.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that lifting global sanctions on his country is not enough for improvement of economic condition in the country.
Obama said the settlement between the U.S. and Iran at The Hague would save United States money.
“This is a good day, because once against we’re seeing what’s possible with strong American diplomacy”, Mr. Obama said.
Iran will receive $400 million trust fund and roughly $1.3 billion compromise on the interest.
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The steps taken so far by Tehran extend to at least a year – from a few months previously – how long Iran would need to make one nuclear bomb’s worth of fissile material.
