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Police officers stand outside a hotel, where a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission or Iran nuclear deal will be held in Vienna, Austria, (Reuters) Washington - Muath Alamri
The Iranian delegation to the Vienna talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal called for the lifting of the sanctions imposed on Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, according to informed sources.
The delegation submitted a set of requests during the second round of the talks, in conjunction with the US State Department’s announcement that it had presented a list to lift sanctions that are not nuclear-related.”
Former State Department Special Advisor on Iran Gabriel Noronha said that lifting sanctions on Zarif was among the delegation’s demands during the second round a week ago.
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On April 15, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order
(found here), Blocking Property with Respect to
Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the
Russian Federation. This Executive Order implements new
sanctions on Russia in response to Russia s cyber attacks,
involvement in transnational corruption, interference in the 2020
U.S. presidential election, pursuit of extraterritorial activities
against journalists and dissidents, and other anti-democratic
violations of international legal principles. According to the
White House, the goal of these sanctions is to impose economically
impactful costs on Russia as a result of its destabilizing
US Treasury Sanction Timber, Pearl Enterprises In Burma
Two enterprises key generators of government revenue, says US Treasury Dept. The US imposed sanctions on two state-owned enterprises in Myanmar that are responsible for timber and pearl exports, the Treasury Department announced on Wednesday.
Sanctions against the Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE) and Myanmar Pearl Enterprise (MPE) are not directed at the people of Myanmar, it said, adding that the timber and pearl industries are key economic resources for the military regime that is repressing pro-democracy protests in the country, which is responsible for ongoing violent and lethal attacks against citizens.
MTE is responsible for the production and export of timber on behalf of the Burmese military regime, MPE is responsible for oyster fishing, harvesting and selling pearls.
In 2007, the administration of
George W. Bush reacted to human rights violations in Belarus by imposing sanctions against the Belneftekhim concern and certain oil and chemical enterprises. Five years ago, under
Barack Obama, after the release of political prisoners, the sanctions were suspended. Today, within the framework of coercion into dialogue and as a reaction to the total repression that opponents of the Lukashenka regime are again subjected to, the
Joe Biden administration threatens to return sanctions. This time their consequences may turn out to be much more severe for the Belarusian economy.
The newspaper Belarusians and Market studied why the American restrictions are so serious and how they can affect the gross-forming sectors of the national economy
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