sanctions

New US sanctions would show Iranian leaders that diplomacy cannot end the nuclear standoff.

For agreeing to a six month nuclear freeze, Iran is getting 36 days of sanctions relief.

Comments by a US official suggest the P5+1 will propose another unserious deal to Iran today in Geneva.

Will the election of Hassan Rouhani revive Iran’s struggling mercantile community?

State-owned Bank of China makes a move against Pyongyang. Is this the start of a trend?

Even as they cut their imports, China, India, S. Korea, and Japan account for nearly all of Iran’s oil sales.

While no doubt painful for Tehran, U.S. sanctions are riddled with exemptions and may be in place mostly to sideline hawks, writes Robert Dreyfus.

India has decided to belatedly back sanctions against Syria. It’s a key move if it wants to be relevant at the U.N.

A year after the military junta held elections, there are signs of progress in Burma. But it’s still very early days.

Burma has taken its first steps away from military dictatorship. There’s a long way to go, but sanctions should be halted, says Marie Lall.