Tag: Sanctions
Topic Debate: Iran’s Regional Influence
Background: In late September, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited New York for the annual UN General Assembly. His visit came in the midst of Israel’s sharpening rhetoric on Iran’s nuclear progress and reports that Iran is supplying Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s military equipment through Iraq’s airspace. Nonetheless, in a group interview with a dozen journalists… Read More ›
LDESP Middle East News Update – August 2012
The bimonthly LDESP Iraq News Update has transitioned to the monthly LDESP News Update From the Middle East. The Middle East update will include news coverage from Iran to Egypt. As with all LDESP news briefs, the information contained within the Middle East News update is to increase situational awareness concerning events that… Read More ›
Topic Debate: Sanctions on Iran
Background: In late June, the U.S. enacted its most recent sanctions against Iran in coordination with an oil embargo by the European Union. These were the latest in a lengthy list of sanctions implemented by the U.S. on Iran since the very first was passed by the Carter Administration during the 1979 Hostage Crisis. Both… Read More ›
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