Sanctions

The overuse of financial sanctions has spurred Russia, China, and now the EU to work on alternative institutions that would place their companies outside the...

Under international law, the US should monitor the impact of its sanctions on Iranians’ rights and address any violations sanctions cause.

Two young Afghans have opened a café in the Iranian capital to bring together Afghans and Iranians alike in a friendly atmosphere.

The term “unilateral coercive measures” usually refers to economic measures taken by one State to compel a change in the policy of another State.

In addition to violation of international law, UCMs were also designed to deprive people from all human rights including the right to life and the right to...

Highlighting the deep-rooted problems and grievances within the international system and in order to ensure multilateralism, mutual respect and the peaceful...

Unilatera coercive measures may result in social problems and raise humanitarian concerns in the States targeted.

In addition to violation of international law, UCMs were also designed to deprive people from all human rights including the right to life and the right to...

The international community has authorised the United Nations to adopt coercive economic measures in special circumstances where there is a threat against...

The US sanctions have taken a heavy toll on the Iranian citizenry, depriving millions of people of direly needed medicine and medical equipment, triggering...

Various US administrations have sought to undermine the stability of the Iranian system by different means. Even the Obama administration was never fully...

The US sanctions target Iran’s oil and petrochemical products’ exports, banking and insurance sectors, aviation industry, maritime navigation, Iran’s...

The use of economic sanctions for political purposes violates human rights and the norms of international behaviour. Such action may precipitate man-made...

Trump generally is not well-regarded or respected by US allies in Europe or Asia, and the withdrawal from the JCPOA and sanctions against Iran are a major...

"The implications of the US withdrawal are disastrous. I think they are meant to stir up conflict in the Middle East, deliberately and provocatively." said...

The use of powerful sanctions in the misguided attempt to provoke regime change in Venezuela and Iran is not only likely to fail in its own right—in the long...

The new sanctions have devastating effects on the health of many Iranians, notably patients suffered from cancer.

President Trump’s decision to upend the Iran deal and impose new sanctions on Iran met opposition from Washington’s European allies and marked a serious rift...

The United States has reinstated all the sanctions that Iran was relieved from by virtue of the JCPOA and introduced new punitive measures, engendering a...

Iran has exercised remarkable patience while it waits for Europe to devise its special purpose vehicle (SPV), a new entity intended to help Iran blunt the...