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Iran Sanctions Are About to Get Tougher

IN THIS ISSUE: Iran sanctions about to get tougher, TEPCO to drop nuclear expertise export, West worried by China-Pakistan atomic ties, 2-Gen Aegis ballistic missile defense system completes intercept flight test, anti-missile radars to enter combat duty in Russia ahead of schedule, India to establish Thorium-fueled nuclear reactor.

Published on June 28, 2012
 

Iran Sanctions About to Get Tougher

Ramin Mostaghim and Paul Richter | LA Times

Ashton and Jalili

As the West has tightened its economic chokehold in an effort to force Iran's government to scale back its growing nuclear program, Iranians have coped by cutting back.

Over the next four days, Western governments will launch their toughest sanctions yet against Iran. The steps are designed to eviscerate the oil-based economy, and to test Tehran's determination to keep enriching uranium in defiance of United Nations resolutions.

The United States and European Union will impose an oil embargo, as well as a ban on tanker insurance and other measures that analysts say could slash Iran's foreign sales of oil — its largest source of revenue — by more than half.   Full Article



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