sanctions on iran

South Korea imposes independent sanctions on Iran (AP)

September 9th, 2010

South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Kim Young-sun announces the country's sanctions against Iran at Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. South Korea said Wednesday it will ban unauthorized financial dealings with Iran as part of sanctions to join the U.S-led campaign to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its disputed nuclear enrichment program. Seoul blacklisted 102 entities, which include the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, and 24 individuals for the sanctions, Kim said. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - South Korea said it will ban many financial dealings with Iran and impose other penalties as part of a U.S.-led campaign to enforce sanctions against the country over…

EU approves new sanctions on Iran (AP)

June 17th, 2010

Escorted by his bodyguards, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, flashes the victory sign to supporters as he arrives in the city of Shahr-e-Kord, 325 miles (543 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, during a provincial tour, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Iran's president says Tehran supports a dialogue with the outside world but that world powers must first be punished for the latest round of U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran.(AP Photo/ISNA, Amir Kholousi)AP - The European Union on Thursday adopted new sanctions against Iran, the latest in a series of measures taken by the international community in an effort to halt the country’s…

EU set to approve new sanctions on Iran (AP)

June 17th, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to the crowd, at a public gathering during his provincial tour in the city of Shahr-e-Kord, 325 miles (543 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, as a boy stands next to him, wearing traditional dress, on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Iran's president says Tehran supports a dialogue with the outside world but that world powers must first be punished for the latest round of U.N. sanctions imposed on Iran. (AP Photo/IIPA, Sajjad Safari)AP - EU leaders are set to adopt a new set of sanctions against Iran in a fresh effort to stall its disputed nuclear program.


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Analysis: Sanctions unlikely to stop Iran (AP)

June 9th, 2010

Iran's Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee, right, and his delegation leave after he spoke to a session of the United Nations Security Council,  Wednesday, June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Washington calls the latest U.N. sanctions on Iran a diplomatic victory, a show of unity by the world’s big powers and a powerful way to prevent the country…

Medvedev: Iran sanctions may be needed (AP)

March 27th, 2010

AP - Imposing more sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program is not the best option, but it cannot be excluded, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday.

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Brazil rebuffs US, says it will go own way on Iran (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Brazil's Lower House President Michel Temer, right, accompanied by Brazil's President of the Senate Jose Sarney, shake hands as they pose for pictures in Brasilia, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Hillary Clinton is on a two-day official visit to Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Brazil rebuffed a U.S. appeal for new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, vowing during a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton not to…