Iran Sanctions and Their Effects
Actions by the United States and Other Countries
The Obama Administration’s policy approach toward Iran has contrasted with the Bush Administration’s by attempting to couple the imposition of sanctions to an active and sustained effort to engage Iran in negotiations on the nuclear issue. That approach was not initially altered because of the Iranian dispute over its June 12, 2009, elections. With subsequent negotiations yielding no firm Iranian agreement to compromise, however, as of early 2010 the administration has focused on achieving the imposition of additional UN, U.S., and allied country sanctions whose cumulative effect would be to diplomatically and economically isolate Iran and hopefully compel it to…
