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05 November 2018

Second Wave of United States Sanctions Against Iran Re-Imposed

Following President Trump’s decision on May 8, 2018 to withdraw the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”), the US …

16 October 2018

FinCEN Issues Advisory Regarding Detection of Illicit Transactions Related to Iran

On October 11, 2018, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") issued official guidance entitled "Advisory on the Iranian Regime's Illicit and …

08 August 2018

First wave of United States sanctions against Iran re-imposed on 7 August 2018, as the amended EU Blocking Statute comes into effect on the same day

End of first wind-down period Following President Trump's decision on 8 May 2018 to withdraw the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of …

21 June 2018

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE EU BLOCKING STATUTE

In May, we published an e-bulletin discussing President Trump's announcement that the United States would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal …

09 May 2018

UNITED STATES ANNOUNCES COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE JCPOA, AND PROVIDES WINDING-DOWN PERIOD BEFORE SANCTIONS RE-IMPOSITION

On May 8, 2018, President Trump announced that the United States will completely withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the "JCPOA"). The …

16 January 2018

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES IRAN SANCTIONS WAIVERS, BUT SIGNALS DESIRE FOR CHANGES

Following the announcement of the new strategies on Iran in October 2017, on January 12, 2018, the Trump administration announced that it will continue …

18 October 2017

POTENTIAL SANCTIONS IMPOSITION PURSUANT TO US ADMINISTRATION'S ANNOUNCED NEW STRATEGY ON IRAN

President Trump has repeatedly criticised the ‘Iran deal’, referring to it as an ‘embarrassment’ for the United States. On 13 October 2017, he laid out …

19 July 2017

US PRESIDENT RECERTIFIES IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL AND EXTENDS REVIEW OF SUDAN SANCTIONS

Iran Nuclear Deal Recertified with New Sanctions Imposed On July 17, the US President certified Iranian compliance with the Iran nuclear deal, the Joint …

20 June 2017

US Senate votes to impose new sanctions on Iran

The US Senate has voted to impose an array of new sanctions with respect to Iran, related to Iran's alleged activity concerning its ballistic missile …

09 February 2017

U.S. administration imposes limited new sanctions against Iran

On February 3, 2017, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) added a number individuals and entities to its Specially …

07 December 2016

President Obama Expected to Sign 10-Year Extension of Iran Sanctions Act

On December 1, 2016, the Senate unanimously passed a bill to extend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (the "ISA") for 10 years by a 99-0 vote, after it …

17 October 2016

US Government Terminates Burma Sanctions and Further Clarifies the Application of Iran Sanctions

In the past week, the US government took executive actions to continue its easing of the Burma and Iran sanctions regimes. On October 7, 2016, the U.S. …