Memo: UN Snapback Sanctions on Iran Now in Effect, Risks of War Rising
On Sunday, September 28, six prior UN Security Council Resolutions on Iran came back into effect, finalizing the “snapback” process set up in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and triggered by European powers in late August. What just happened? France, Germany and the United Kingdom initiated the snapback procedure under UN Security Council […]
Memo: E3 Prepares to Trigger Snapback
France, Germany and the United Kingdom (the E3) have cast their die: if Iran does not agree to a compromise on its nuclear program in little more than two weeks, they will move to trigger the return of six United Nations Security Council Resolutions on Iran at the end of August. In an August 13 […]
Optimism in Vienna on Iran nuclear negotiations
Reports today that eleven months of negotiations aimed at restoring the nuclear agreement with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, are near the finish line. The text of the “Decision of the Joint Commission,” laying out the contours of a U.S. return to the deal and Iranian return to compliance may be […]
NIAC Action Memo: IRGC Economic Exclusion Act (S. 925)
S. 925 — the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Economic Exclusion Act — would have minimal sanctions impact on the already heavily-sanctioned IRGC, Iran’s primary military force that has historically thrived amid broad sanctions on the Iranian economy. However, S. 925 would have a deleterious impact on the Iranian people while restricting a successor administration’s ability to de-escalate tensions with Iran.
Restoring U.S. Credibility: Returning to the Iran Nuclear Agreement
NIAC publishes a report on the need to salvage the JCPOA and prevent further disastrous consequences.
Memo: Consequences of Sanctions Snapback on Iran
Because such U.S. sanctions primarily target foreign parties transacting or otherwise dealing with Iran, the Trump administration will be actively undermining efforts by the international community to act consistent with the JCPOA and ensure its survivability.