Middle East Public date: 24.08.2017 23:12:18

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31 Dec 2009

As standoff with Iran continues, U.S. prepares targeted sanctions

The Obama administration is readying sanctions against discrete elements of the Iranian government, including those involved in the deadly crackdown on Iranian protesters, marking a shift to a more aggressive U.S. posture toward the Islamic republic, U.S. officials said.
The Obama administration is readying sanctions against discrete elements of the Iranian government, including those...
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21 Dec 2009

Mullen worries about Iran running out clock on U.S.

ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT The top U.S. military officer said Sunday he does not assume Iran's brief seizure of an Iraqi oil well is part of an orchestrated plan in Tehran to threaten its neighbors. Adm. Mike Mullen also said he's worried about "the clock now running" on the Obama administration's efforts at trying to keep the lines of communication open with Iran. The administration had given a rough deadline of the end of 2009 for Iran to respond to an offer of engagement and show that it would allay world concerns about its nuclear program.
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT The top U.S. military officer said Sunday he does not assume Iran's brief seizure of an...
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18 Dec 2009

The Inertia Option

I hope Iran policy makers in Washington and Europe are reading histories of that world-changing year, 1989. I hope so because the time has come to do nothing in Iran.
I hope Iran policy makers in Washington and Europe are reading histories of that world-changing year, 1989. I hope so...
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16 Dec 2009

Credit Suisse to Pay Fine Over Dealing With Iran

Credit Suisse is expected to pay a fine of $536 million to settle accusations by the United States government and New York State authorities that it violated sanctions by helping Iran and other countries secretly funnel hundreds of millions of dollars through American banks, people involved in the negotiations said Tuesday.
Credit Suisse is expected to pay a fine of $536 million to settle accusations by the United States government and New...
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5 Oct 2009

Black Market Shows Iran Can Adapt to Sanctions

President Obama has vowed to keep the pressure on Iran over its nuclear program after last week s meeting in Geneva, and his advisers said the United States was intensively recruiting other nations to join in a harsher economic embargo against Tehran should diplomacy fail.
President Obama has vowed to keep the pressure on Iran over its nuclear program after last week s meeting in Geneva, and...
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28 Sep 2009

U.S. Is Seeking a Range of Sanctions Against Iran

The Obama administration is scrambling to assemble a package of harsher economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program that could include a cutoff of investments to the country s oil-and-gas industry and restrictions on many more Iranian banks than those currently blacklisted, senior administration officials said Sunday.
The Obama administration is scrambling to assemble a package of harsher economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear...
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28 Sep 2009

The U.S.-Iranian Triangle

France and Germany fought three wars in 70 years before the bright idea dawned of enfolding their problem into something larger: the European Union. The United States and Iran have not gone to war but have a relationship of psychotic mistrust. The answer can only be the same: Broaden the context.
France and Germany fought three wars in 70 years before the bright idea dawned of enfolding their problem into something...
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