The Background of Sanctions on Iran

Sanctions on Iran

Gulf State Analytics

June 15, 2021 12:05

There is a decades-old history of Washington imposing sanctions on Iran for various reasons. Emma Scott, the Iran lead and research assistant at Project Alpha in the Centre for Science and Security Studies at King’s College London, discusses the background of sanctions on Tehran.

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