State Department Official says US Government Shutdown hampering Iran Sanctions (click here)
The current State Department information on sanctions. I think most Americans find the idea abstract because it is never clearly stated what sanctions are and are not.
Reuters
October 4, 2013
The US government shutdown has hampered Washington's ability to enforce punitive measures on Iran's nuclear program, he head US negotiator with Iran said Thursday.
The lack of funding and government workers has curtailed American abilities to enforce substantive pressure on Tehran, said Wendy Sherman, under secretary of state for political affairs....
...Six major powers - Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States - will meet Iran's new negotiating team in Geneva on Oct. 15-16 to discuss its nuclear program.
The United States and its allies have imposed extensive sanctions against Iran, including a US law that forced buyers of Iranian crude to sharply cut their purchases, because of Tehran's failure to address their concerns about the nuclear program....
The current State Department information on sanctions. I think most Americans find the idea abstract because it is never clearly stated what sanctions are and are not.
...Acting both (click here) through the United Nations Security Council and regional or national authorities, the United States, the member states of the European Union, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Canada, Australia, Norway, Switzerland, and others have put in place a strong, inter-locking matrix of sanctions measures relating to Iran's nuclear, missile, energy, shipping, transportation, and financial sectors.
These measures are designed: (1) to block the transfer of weapons, components, technology, and dual-use items to Iran’s prohibited nuclear and missile programs; (2) to target select sectors of the Iranian economy relevant to its proliferation activities; and (3) to induce Iran to engage constructively, through discussions with the United States, China, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Russia in the “E3+3 process,” to fulfill its nonproliferation obligations....
Besides the State Department the Treasury Department administers asset and trade restrictions.
Sanctions Programs and Country Information (click here)
OFAC administers a number of different sanctions programs. The sanctions can be either comprehensive or selective, using the blocking of assets and trade restrictions to accomplish foreign policy and national security goals.
Iran Sactions
Non-proliferation Sanctions
Syria Sanctions
Counter Terrorism Sanctions
Counter Narcotics Sanctions
Cuba Sanctions
Other Sanctions Programs and Country Information
It is a cold cruel world out there with Repuglicans placing sanctions against the American people, but, they still aren't as bad as the drug cartels. At least not yet.
